src/nnn.c | 3 +++

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 4bcc55bdd3f6b8dc2f71f2bd636f5690c7e69503..bb2e28588a613bbe0890b564cec9590807c2f7e2 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -3301,6 +3301,9 @@ 		/* Check if CWD is deleted and find an existing parent */
 		if (access(path, F_OK)) {
 			DPRINTF_S("dir deleted or moved");
 
+			/* Save history */
+			xstrlcpy(lastname, xbasename(path), NAME_MAX + 1);
+
 			xstrlcpy(newpath, path, PATH_MAX);
 			while (true) {
 				dir = visit_parent(path, newpath, &presel);