1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/normal.cc b/src/normal.cc
index 6b2b568a..aa2c3903 100644
--- a/src/normal.cc
+++ b/src/normal.cc
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ void command(Context& context, NormalParams params)
             }
             if (event == PromptEvent::Validate)
             {
+                RegisterManager::instance()[':'].set(context, cmdline.str());
                 EnvVarMap env_vars = {
                     { "count", to_string(params.count) },
                     { "register", String{&params.reg, 1} }