diff --git a/fcore/app-update.sml b/fcore/app-update.sml
index 9be7621..2f1a553 100644
--- a/fcore/app-update.sml
+++ b/fcore/app-update.sml
@@ -21,27 +21,18 @@ struct
 
   fun moveRight (app: app_type) =
     let
-      (* todo: proper implementation of moveRight
-       * currently, we also retrieve the newCursorIdx improperly.
-       * To do it properly, we have to look inside LineGap
-       * instead of just incrementing cursorIdx by 1.
-       * So:
-       * - Find newCursorIdx from LineGap
-       * *)
-
       val {buffer, windowWidth, windowHeight, startLine, cursorIdx} = app
 
       (* move LineGap to cursorIdx, which is necessary for finding newCursorIdx *)
-      val newBuffer = LineGap.goToIdx (cursorIdx, buffer)
-      (* todo: call to retrieve newCursorIdx should be below *)
-      val newCursorIdx = cursorIdx + 1
+      val buffer = LineGap.goToIdx (cursorIdx, buffer)
+      val cursorIdx = Cursor.viL (buffer, cursorIdx)
 
       (* move LineGap to first line displayed on screen, and build new text *)
-      val newBuffer = LineGap.goToLine (startLine, newBuffer)
+      val buffer = LineGap.goToLine (startLine, buffer)
       val drawMsg = TextBuilder.build
-        (startLine, cursorIdx, newBuffer, windowWidth, windowHeight)
+        (startLine, cursorIdx, buffer, windowWidth, windowHeight)
 
-      val newApp = AppWith.bufferAndCursorIdx (app, newBuffer, newCursorIdx)
+      val newApp = AppWith.bufferAndCursorIdx (app, buffer, cursorIdx)
     in
       (newApp, drawMsg)
     end
diff --git a/fcore/cursor.sml b/fcore/cursor.sml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..708dd02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fcore/cursor.sml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+structure Cursor =
+struct
+  (* Prerequisite: lineGap is moved to requested idx first *)
+  fun viL (lineGap: LineGap.t, cursorIdx) =
+    let
+      val {rightStrings, idx = bufferIdx, ...} = lineGap
+    in
+      case rightStrings of
+        hd :: tl =>
+          let
+            (* idx relative to this string *)
+            val strIdx = cursorIdx - bufferIdx
+          in
+            if strIdx < String.size hd - 2 then
+              (* increment if there is a character after where cursor is *)
+              cursorIdx + 1
+            else
+              (case tl of
+                 _ :: _ =>
+                   (* if there is another string after current head, we can increment cursorIdx *)
+                   bufferIdx + String.size hd - 1
+               | _ =>
+                   (* if there is no string after current head, return original cursorIdx *)
+                   cursorIdx)
+          end
+      | [] =>
+          (* return original cursorIdx if there is nothing to the right *)
+          cursorIdx
+    end
+end
diff --git a/shell/shell.sml b/shell/shell.sml
index 5922a6d..80cc9ba 100644
--- a/shell/shell.sml
+++ b/shell/shell.sml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ struct
       val _ = Gles3.loadGlad ()
 
       (* load file intol gap buffer and create initial app *)
-      val io = TextIO.openIn "fcore/text-builder.sml"
+      val io = TextIO.openIn "temp.txt"
       val lineGap = ioToLineGap (io, LineGap.empty)
       val _ = TextIO.closeIn io
       val app = AppType.init (lineGap, 1920, 1080)
diff --git a/shf b/shf
index a8709fa..8bfd395 100755
Binary files a/shf and b/shf differ
diff --git a/shf.mlb b/shf.mlb
index 4131f39..4cc3913 100644
--- a/shf.mlb
+++ b/shf.mlb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ ann
 in
   fcore/text-builder.sml
 end
+fcore/cursor.sml
 fcore/app-update.sml
 
 (* IMPERATIVE SHELL *)
diff --git a/temp.txt b/temp.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31fbbaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/temp.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+signature TEXT_BUILDER =
+sig
+  (* Prerequisite: LineGap is moved to requested line first. *)
+  val build: int * int * LineGap.t * int * int
+             -> MailboxType.t list
+enda