diff --git a/src/lib3270/paste.c b/src/lib3270/paste.c
index a5c035e..4c2a772 100644
--- a/src/lib3270/paste.c
+++ b/src/lib3270/paste.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static int set_string(H3270 *hSession, const unsigned char *str)
 
 LIB3270_EXPORT int lib3270_set_string_at(H3270 *hSession, int row, int col, const unsigned char *str)
 {
-    int rc = -1;
+    int rc = 0;
 
 	CHECK_SESSION_HANDLE(hSession);
 
@@ -241,11 +241,12 @@ LIB3270_EXPORT int lib3270_set_string_at(H3270 *hSession, int row, int col, cons
 		hSession->cbk.suspend(hSession);
 
 		hSession->cursor_addr = (row * hSession->cols) + col;
-		rc = set_string(hSession, str);
+		rc += set_string(hSession, str);
 
 		hSession->cbk.resume(hSession);
 	}
 
+	trace("%s rc=%d",__FUNCTION__,rc);
 	return rc;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/dbus3270/gobject.c b/src/plugins/dbus3270/gobject.c
index f530c6b..a557a67 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dbus3270/gobject.c
+++ b/src/plugins/dbus3270/gobject.c
@@ -261,7 +261,10 @@ void pw3270_dbus_set_text_at(PW3270Dbus *object, int row, int col, const gchar *
 
 	text = g_convert_with_fallback(utftext,-1,lib3270_get_display_charset(hSession),"UTF-8","?",NULL,NULL,NULL);
 
-	dbus_g_method_return(context,lib3270_set_string_at(hSession,row,col,(const unsigned char *) text));
+	int sz = lib3270_set_string_at(hSession,row,col,(const unsigned char *) text);
+
+	trace("%s returns %d",__FUNCTION__,sz);
+	dbus_g_method_return(context,sz);
 
 	g_free(text);
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/dbus3270/pw3270dbus.xml b/src/plugins/dbus3270/pw3270dbus.xml
index e5e2eea..dc310b7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dbus3270/pw3270dbus.xml
+++ b/src/plugins/dbus3270/pw3270dbus.xml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
       <arg type="i" name="row" direction="in" />
       <arg type="i" name="col" direction="in" />
       <arg type="s" name="text" direction="in" />
+      <arg type="i" name="result" direction="out" />
     </method>
     <method name="getTextAt">
       <annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.Async" value="true"/>
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