diff --git a/bpython/curtsiesfrontend/replpainter.py b/bpython/curtsiesfrontend/replpainter.py
index 36c9c1324..11dbe8011 100644
--- a/bpython/curtsiesfrontend/replpainter.py
+++ b/bpython/curtsiesfrontend/replpainter.py
@@ -25,12 +25,10 @@ def display_linize(msg, columns, blank_line=False):
     """Returns lines obtained by splitting msg over multiple lines.
 
     Warning: if msg is empty, returns an empty list of lines"""
-    display_lines = ([msg[start:end]
-                      for start, end in zip(
-                          range(0, len(msg), columns),
-                          range(columns, len(msg) + columns, columns))]
-                     if msg else ([''] if blank_line else []))
-    return display_lines
+    if not msg:
+        return [''] if blank_line else []
+    msg = fmtstr(msg)
+    return list(msg.width_aware_splitlines(columns))
 
 
 def paint_history(rows, columns, display_lines):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 709668165..7f6bdeb5f 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def initialize_options(self):
 install_requires = [
     'pygments',
     'requests',
-    'curtsies >=0.1.18',
+    'curtsies >=0.3.0',
     'greenlet',
     'six >=1.5'
 ]