diff --git a/autoload/utils.vim b/autoload/utils.vim
index 5e762f3..7463e74 100644
--- a/autoload/utils.vim
+++ b/autoload/utils.vim
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ function! utils#CaptureCommandOutput(command) abort
   call v:lua.vim.notify("command output captured to register m", "info", {'title': 'nvim-config'})
   "create a scratch buffer for dumping the text, ref: https://vi.stackexchange.com/a/11311/15292.
   tabnew | setlocal buftype=nofile bufhidden=wipe nobuflisted noswapfile
-  call nvim_buf_set_lines(0, 0, 0, 0, [@m])
+
+  put! m
 endfunction
 
 " Edit all files matching the given patterns.