src/nnn.c | 3 +--

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index e69cc15074a85a6865420227dbfa9da9b63dc793..250b5415786f6db6a531ed29b954219343445d0c 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -3758,10 +3758,9 @@ static void printent_long(const struct entry *ent, uint_t namecols, bool sel)
 {
 	int attrs1 = g_state.oldcolor ? A_DIM : COLOR_PAIR(C_MIS);
 
-	addch(sel ? '>' : ' ');
+	addch(sel ? ACS_CKBOARD : ' ');
 	attron(attrs1);
 	print_details(ent);
-
 	attroff(attrs1);
 	addch(' ');