diff --git a/internal/action/actions.go b/internal/action/actions.go
index e67b7d1b74..6058c57408 100644
--- a/internal/action/actions.go
+++ b/internal/action/actions.go
@@ -1864,7 +1864,7 @@ func (h *BufPane) CommandMode() bool {
 
 // ToggleOverwriteMode lets the user toggle the text overwrite mode
 func (h *BufPane) ToggleOverwriteMode() bool {
-	h.isOverwriteMode = !h.isOverwriteMode
+	h.Buf.OverwriteMode = !h.Buf.OverwriteMode
 	return true
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/action/bufpane.go b/internal/action/bufpane.go
index da9c8868b0..0161fcc46e 100644
--- a/internal/action/bufpane.go
+++ b/internal/action/bufpane.go
@@ -224,8 +224,6 @@ type BufPane struct {
 	// (possibly multiple) buttons were pressed previously.
 	mousePressed map[MouseEvent]bool
 
-	// We need to keep track of insert key press toggle
-	isOverwriteMode bool
 	// This stores when the last click was
 	// This is useful for detecting double and triple clicks
 	lastClickTime time.Time
@@ -358,9 +356,6 @@ func (h *BufPane) OpenBuffer(b *buffer.Buffer) {
 	// Set mouseReleased to true because we assume the mouse is not being
 	// pressed when the editor is opened
 	h.resetMouse()
-	// Set isOverwriteMode to false, because we assume we are in the default
-	// mode when editor is opened
-	h.isOverwriteMode = false
 	h.lastClickTime = time.Time{}
 }
 
@@ -639,7 +634,7 @@ func (h *BufPane) DoRuneInsert(r rune) {
 			c.ResetSelection()
 		}
 
-		if h.isOverwriteMode {
+		if h.Buf.OverwriteMode {
 			next := c.Loc
 			next.X++
 			h.Buf.Replace(c.Loc, next, string(r))
diff --git a/internal/buffer/buffer.go b/internal/buffer/buffer.go
index c623fd586b..1172dac890 100644
--- a/internal/buffer/buffer.go
+++ b/internal/buffer/buffer.go
@@ -209,6 +209,11 @@ type Buffer struct {
 	LastSearchRegex bool
 	// HighlightSearch enables highlighting all instances of the last successful search
 	HighlightSearch bool
+
+	// OverwriteMode indicates that we are in overwrite mode (toggled by
+	// Insert key by default) i.e. that typing a character shall replace the
+	// character under the cursor instead of inserting a character before it.
+	OverwriteMode bool
 }
 
 // NewBufferFromFileAtLoc opens a new buffer with a given cursor location