src/nnn.c | 4 +++-

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 6faca85dd9b17dd7d392ee1eb91f5caace938e5d..544067f0adde58c4356b734abf7dea43eb1c8f44 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -6432,8 +6432,10 @@
 					if (g_state.picked)
 						return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 
-					if (runfile[0])
+					if (runfile[0]) {
+						xstrsncpy(lastname, runfile, NAME_MAX + 1);
 						runfile[0] = '\0';
+					}
 					clearfilter();
 					setdirwatch();
 					goto begin;