diff --git a/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts b/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
index fe6b7dc2..88951c2a 100644
--- a/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
+++ b/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export class XTermFrontend extends Frontend {
     private resizeHandler: () => void
     private configuredTheme: ITheme = {}
     private copyOnSelect = false
+    private preventNextOnSelectionChangeEvent = false
     private search = new SearchAddon()
     private searchState: SearchState = { resultCount: 0 }
     private fitAddon = new FitAddon()
@@ -116,8 +117,11 @@ export class XTermFrontend extends Frontend {
             this.title.next(title)
         })
         this.xterm.onSelectionChange(() => {
-            if (this.copyOnSelect && this.getSelection()) {
-                this.copySelection()
+            if (this.getSelection()) {
+                if (this.copyOnSelect && !this.preventNextOnSelectionChangeEvent) {
+                    this.copySelection()
+                }
+                this.preventNextOnSelectionChangeEvent = false
             }
         })
         this.xterm.onBell(() => {
@@ -444,12 +448,18 @@ export class XTermFrontend extends Frontend {
     }
 
     findNext (term: string, searchOptions?: SearchOptions): SearchState {
+        if (this.copyOnSelect) {
+            this.preventNextOnSelectionChangeEvent = true
+        }
         return this.wrapSearchResult(
             this.search.findNext(term, this.getSearchOptions(searchOptions)),
         )
     }
 
     findPrevious (term: string, searchOptions?: SearchOptions): SearchState {
+        if (this.copyOnSelect) {
+            this.preventNextOnSelectionChangeEvent = true
+        }
         return this.wrapSearchResult(
             this.search.findPrevious(term, this.getSearchOptions(searchOptions)),
         )