diff --git a/autoload/utils.vim b/autoload/utils.vim
index 696063d..0231e8b 100644
--- a/autoload/utils.vim
+++ b/autoload/utils.vim
@@ -182,7 +182,10 @@ function! utils#CaptureCommandOutput(command) abort
   redir @m
   execute a:command
   redir END
-  call v:lua.vim.notify("command output captured to register m", "info", {'title': 'nvim-config'}) 
+  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])
 endfunction
 
 " Edit all files matching the given patterns.