nnn.c | 3 ++-

diff --git a/nnn.c b/nnn.c
index 9686fe9ebc38cf2e387d6ac5b805a4b1de0d29fc..691902b8517118ac3896927b47e7700ca69f9f1d 100644
--- a/nnn.c
+++ b/nnn.c
@@ -2852,7 +2852,8 @@ 					g_buf[r] = '\'';
 					g_buf[r + 1] = '\0';
 
 					spawn(copier, g_buf, NULL, NULL, F_NONE);
-					printmsg(g_buf);
+					g_buf[r] = '\0';
+					printmsg(g_buf + 1);
 				} else {
 					mkpath(path, dents[cur].name, newpath, PATH_MAX);
 					spawn(copier, newpath, NULL, NULL, F_NONE);