diff --git a/app/GioView.java b/app/GioView.java
index 45045edd..9a61d0f2 100644
--- a/app/GioView.java
+++ b/app/GioView.java
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ public final class GioView extends SurfaceView implements Choreographer.FrameCal
 		@Override public int getCursorCapsMode(int reqModes) {
 			Snippet snip = getSnippet();
 			int selStart = imeSelectionStart(nhandle);
-			return TextUtils.getCapsMode(snip.snippet, imeToUTF16(nhandle, selStart), reqModes);
+			return TextUtils.getCapsMode(snip.snippet, imeToUTF16(nhandle, selStart - snip.offset), reqModes);
 		}
 
 		@Override public ExtractedText getExtractedText(ExtractedTextRequest request, int flags) {