src/nnn.c | 2 +-

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 1326d3b2503f2c7b4ba57995671b835633ae6fa4..a4207778d4f0cfec7c6f14fe504bc17db548acd8 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -2127,7 +2127,7 @@ 			goto end;
 		}
 	}
 end:
-	if (*ch != '\t')
+	if (*ch != '\t' && *ch != CONTROL('_'))
 		g_ctx[cfg.curctx].c_fltr[0] = g_ctx[cfg.curctx].c_fltr[1] = '\0';
 
 	move_cursor(cur, 0);