src/nnn.c | 2 +-

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 2d9f6dbc5cacdbff78f1c58192df04c4e61a5952..16ada363c59ffd75309e7bac832f81196ad5c140 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -7501,7 +7501,7 @@ 					spawn(editor, newpath, NULL, NULL, F_CLI);
 				continue;
 			case SEL_VIEW:
 				if (!(g_state.picker || g_state.fifomode))
-					spawn(pager, newpath, NULL, NULL, F_CLI);
+					spawn("less --clear-screen", newpath, NULL, NULL, F_CLI);
 				continue;
 			default: /* SEL_LOCK */
 				lock_terminal();