diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 850624f..0000000
--- a/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# ants
-An ANSI terminal library for writing simple TUI applications.
diff --git a/src/event.rs b/src/event.rs
index a17abb7..f887b15 100644
--- a/src/event.rs
+++ b/src/event.rs
@@ -67,47 +67,22 @@ impl Events {
 		}
 	}
 
-	fn first_byte(&mut self) -> u8 {
-		let byte = self.buffer[0];
-		self.buffer = self.buffer[1..].to_vec();
-		byte
-	}
-
-	fn parse(&mut self) -> Event {
-		let byte = self.first_byte();
-		match byte {
-			ESC => self.parse_esc(),
-			BS => Event::Key(Key::Backspace, Mod::None),
-			DEL => Event::Key(Key::Delete, Mod::None),
-			LF | CR => Event::Key(Key::Enter, Mod::None),
-			TAB => Event::Key(Key::Tab, Mod::None),
-			x @ 1..=26 => Event::Key(Key::Char((x + 96).into()), Mod::Ctrl), // ctrl + letter
-			x @ b' '..=b'~' => Event::Key(Key::Char(x.into()), Mod::None),   // regular ascii charaters
-			x => Event::Unsupported(vec![x]),
-		}
-	}
-
 	fn parse_esc(&mut self) -> Event {
 		if self.buffer.is_empty() {
 			return Event::Key(Key::Escape, Mod::None);
 		}
 
-		let byte = self.first_byte();
+		let byte = self.buffer[0];
+		self.buffer = self.buffer[1..].to_vec();
 		match byte {
-			ESC => {
-				// Two ESC chars in a row probably means that the first one was an escape key press
-				// and the second one was for something else, possibly because input is coming all at once from a file.
-				// Therefore reinsert the second ESC byte so it can be processed next iteration.
-				self.buffer.insert(0, ESC);
-				Event::Key(Key::Escape, Mod::None)
-			}
+			ESC => Event::Key(Key::Escape, Mod::None),
 			BS => Event::Key(Key::Backspace, Mod::Alt),
 			DEL => Event::Key(Key::Delete, Mod::Alt),
 			LF | CR => Event::Key(Key::Enter, Mod::Alt),
 			TAB => Event::Key(Key::Tab, Mod::Alt),
-			x @ 1..=26 => Event::Key(Key::Char((x + 96).into()), Mod::CtrlAlt), // ctrl + letter
-			x @ b' '..=b'~' => Event::Key(Key::Char(x.into()), Mod::Alt),       // regular ascii charaters
-			x => Event::Unsupported(vec![ESC, x]),
+			c @ 1..=26 => Event::Key(Key::Char((c + 96).into()), Mod::CtrlAlt), // ctrl + letter
+			c @ b' '..=b'~' => Event::Key(Key::Char(c.into()), Mod::Alt),       // regular ascii charaters
+			_ => Event::Unsupported(vec![ESC, byte]),
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -121,6 +96,17 @@ impl Iterator for Events {
 			return None;
 		}
 
-		Some(self.parse())
+		let byte = self.buffer[0];
+		self.buffer = self.buffer[1..].to_vec();
+		Some(match byte {
+			ESC => self.parse_esc(),
+			BS => Event::Key(Key::Backspace, Mod::None),
+			DEL => Event::Key(Key::Delete, Mod::None),
+			LF | CR => Event::Key(Key::Enter, Mod::None),
+			TAB => Event::Key(Key::Tab, Mod::None),
+			c @ 1..=26 => Event::Key(Key::Char((c + 96).into()), Mod::Ctrl), // ctrl + letter
+			c @ b' '..=b'~' => Event::Key(Key::Char(c.into()), Mod::None),   // regular ascii charaters
+			_ => Event::Unsupported(vec![byte]),
+		})
 	}
 }