src/nnn.c | 2 ++

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 0bafe234c5cf9c3b940358272da1da5d83c058c5..17199cd343eb5071915594b16c3c78cfa773ca1c 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -4273,6 +4273,8 @@ 		len = read(fd, g_buf, PATH_MAX);
 		if (len <= 0)
 			return;
 
+		/* Terminate the path read */
+		g_buf[len] = '\0';
 		nextpath = g_buf;
 	} else if (op == 'l') {
 		/* Remove last list mode path, if any */