diff --git a/spec/strategies/default_spec.rb b/spec/strategies/default_spec.rb
index 1b6a4a2..3987c7e 100644
--- a/spec/strategies/default_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/strategies/default_spec.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe 'default strategy' do
     end
   end
 
-  xcontext 'with a multiline hist entry' do
+  context 'with a multiline hist entry' do
     before do
       session.send_string('echo "')
       session.send_keys('enter')
diff --git a/src/strategies/default.zsh b/src/strategies/default.zsh
index a242ee0..4246b78 100644
--- a/src/strategies/default.zsh
+++ b/src/strategies/default.zsh
@@ -9,5 +9,12 @@
 _zsh_autosuggest_strategy_default() {
 	setopt localoptions EXTENDED_GLOB
 
-	fc -lnrm "${1//(#m)[\\()\[\]|*?~]/\\$MATCH}*" 1 2>/dev/null | head -n 1
+	local prefix="${1//(#m)[\\()\[\]|*?~]/\\$MATCH}"
+
+	# Get the keys of the history items that match
+	local -a histkeys
+	histkeys=(${(k)history[(r)$prefix*]})
+
+	# Echo the value of the first key
+	echo -E "${history[$histkeys[1]]}"
 }
diff --git a/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh b/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh
index 2dc5141..a438c65 100644
--- a/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh
+++ b/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh
@@ -421,7 +421,14 @@ zle -N _autosuggest-show-suggestion _zsh_autosuggest_show_suggestion
 _zsh_autosuggest_strategy_default() {
 	setopt localoptions EXTENDED_GLOB
 
-	fc -lnrm "${1//(#m)[\\()\[\]|*?~]/\\$MATCH}*" 1 2>/dev/null | head -n 1
+	local prefix="${1//(#m)[\\()\[\]|*?~]/\\$MATCH}"
+
+	# Get the keys of the history items that match
+	local -a histkeys
+	histkeys=(${(k)history[(r)$prefix*]})
+
+	# Echo the value of the first key
+	echo -E "${history[$histkeys[1]]}"
 }
 
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