src/nnn.c | 10 +++-------

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 1c99383850a24810baa34129983ddea4c665e4de..4a939dc08d04823f9537282aa49dc3c2eb6a8e41 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -4856,14 +4856,10 @@ 	if (*file == '!') {
 		flags = F_MULTI | F_CONFIRM;
 		++file;
 
-		/* Check if output should be paged */
-		if (*file == '|') {
+		if (*file == '|') { /* Check if output should be paged */
 			flags |= F_PAGE;
 			++file;
-		}
-
-		/* Check if GUI flags are to be used */
-		if (*file == '&') {
+		} else if (*file == '&') { /* Check if GUI flags are to be used */
 			flags = F_NOTRACE | F_NOWAIT;
 			++file;
 		}
@@ -4871,7 +4867,7 @@
 		if (!*file)
 			return FALSE;
 
-		if (flags & F_NOTRACE) {
+		if ((flags & F_NOTRACE) || (flags & F_PAGE)) {
 			run_cmd_as_plugin(file, runfile, flags);
 			return TRUE;
 		}