diff --git a/tmux/tmux.conf b/tmux/tmux.conf
index 5555d75..3911dd3 100644
--- a/tmux/tmux.conf
+++ b/tmux/tmux.conf
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ bind-key -T copy-mode-vi A send-keys -X append-selection-and-cancel \;\
 # Prefer iTerm style selection: select, then mouse click to copy to buffer
 unbind -T copy-mode-vi MouseDragEnd1Pane
 bind -T copy-mode-vi MouseDown1Pane select-pane \;\
-    send-keys -X copy-pipe-and-cancel "$yank" 
+   send-keys -X copy-pipe "$yank" \;\
+   send-keys -X clear-selection
     
 # iTerm2 works with clipboard out of the box, set-clipboard already set to "external"
 # tmux show-options -g -s set-clipboard