diff --git a/modules/history-substring-search/init.zsh b/modules/history-substring-search/init.zsh
index 619bda0..933b07c 100644
--- a/modules/history-substring-search/init.zsh
+++ b/modules/history-substring-search/init.zsh
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # Source script
 source ${0:h}/external/zsh-history-substring-search.zsh || return 1
 
-# Bind up and down keys
-zmodload -F zsh/terminfo +p:terminfo
-bindkey "${terminfo[kcuu1]}" history-substring-search-up
-bindkey "${terminfo[kcud1]}" history-substring-search-down
+# Binding ^[[A/^[[B manually mean up/down works with history-substring-search both before and after zle-line-init
+bindkey '^[[A' history-substring-search-up
+bindkey '^[[B' history-substring-search-down