diff --git a/src/widget.rs b/src/widget.rs
index dd2bf0f..4e21cf6 100644
--- a/src/widget.rs
+++ b/src/widget.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use crate::textarea::TextArea;
 use crate::util::num_digits;
+use std::cmp;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU32, Ordering};
 use tui::buffer::Buffer;
 use tui::layout::Rect;
@@ -42,6 +43,18 @@ impl<'a> Renderer<'a> {
     pub fn new(textarea: &'a TextArea<'a>) -> Self {
         Self(textarea)
     }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn text(&self, top_row: usize, height: usize) -> Text<'a> {
+        let lines_len = self.0.lines().len();
+        let lnum_len = num_digits(lines_len);
+        let bottom_row = cmp::min(top_row + height, lines_len);
+        let mut lines = Vec::with_capacity(bottom_row - top_row);
+        for (i, line) in self.0.lines()[top_row..bottom_row].iter().enumerate() {
+            lines.push(self.0.line_spans(line.as_str(), top_row + i, lnum_len));
+        }
+        Text::from(lines)
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'a> Widget for Renderer<'a> {
@@ -64,31 +77,20 @@ impl<'a> Widget for Renderer<'a> {
 
         let cursor = self.0.cursor();
         let (top_row, top_col) = self.0.scroll_top.load();
-        let row = next_scroll_top(top_row, cursor.0 as u16, inner_area.height);
-        let col = next_scroll_top(top_col, cursor.1 as u16, inner_area.width);
+        let top_row = next_scroll_top(top_row, cursor.0 as u16, inner_area.height);
+        let top_col = next_scroll_top(top_col, cursor.1 as u16, inner_area.width);
 
-        let lnum_len = num_digits(self.0.lines().len());
-        let lines: Vec<_> = self
-            .0
-            .lines()
-            .iter()
-            .map(String::as_str)
-            .enumerate()
-            .skip(row as usize)
-            .take(inner_area.height as usize)
-            .map(|(row, line)| self.0.line_spans(line, row, lnum_len))
-            .collect();
-
-        let mut inner = Paragraph::new(Text::from(lines)).style(self.0.style());
+        let text = self.text(top_row as usize, inner_area.height as usize);
+        let mut inner = Paragraph::new(text).style(self.0.style());
         if let Some(b) = self.0.block() {
             inner = inner.block(b.clone());
         }
-        if col != 0 {
-            inner = inner.scroll((0, col));
+        if top_col != 0 {
+            inner = inner.scroll((0, top_col));
         }
 
         // Store scroll top position for rendering on the next tick
-        self.0.scroll_top.store(row, col);
+        self.0.scroll_top.store(top_row, top_col);
 
         inner.render(area, buf);
     }