src/nnn.c | 2 +-

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 9010351deedba36886d0231ff3bb99e1057f19af..e216b68600d00a5b214561ca706aee407a6fc2c9 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -7538,7 +7538,7 @@ 				r = get_input(messages[MSG_NEW_OPTS]);
 				if (r == 'f' || r == 'd')
 					tmp = xreadline(NULL, messages[MSG_NEW_PATH]);
 				else if (r == 's' || r == 'h')
-					tmp = xreadline(NULL,
+					tmp = xreadline(nselected == 1 ? xbasename(pselbuf) : NULL,
 						messages[nselected <= 1?MSG_NEW_PATH:MSG_LINK_PREFIX]);
 				else
 					tmp = NULL;