src/nnn.c | 9 +++++++--

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 4b51ec7bf80412964c628f519495b7066fa473ec..e5f0d00c57e38c8a6cda337fe709a8a1484b7a61 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -3404,9 +3404,14 @@ 							xstrlcpy(newpath + _len - 1, tmp, PATH_MAX - _len);
 						tmp = newpath;
 					}
 
-					/* Check if file exists */
-					if (access(tmp, F_OK) == -1) {
+					if (lstat(tmp, &sb) == -1) {
 						printwarn();
+						goto nochange;
+					}
+
+					/* Check if it's a directory */
+					if (S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode)) {
+						printmsg("directory");
 						goto nochange;
 					}