diff --git a/interactions.c b/interactions.c
index 6b7593c..1da14fc 100644
--- a/interactions.c
+++ b/interactions.c
@@ -258,20 +258,22 @@ void move_right(){
 		char match = 0;
 		char *mime = get_mimetype(mid_content[selected_file_current].file_name);
 		char *extension = strrchr(mid_content[selected_file_current].file_name, '.');
-		for (i = 0; i < file_extension_default_count; i++) {
-			if (strstr(extension, file_extension_default_cmd[i].file_extension)) {
-				char *cmd = concat(file_extension_default_cmd[i].command, " ./\"");
-				cmd = concat(cmd, mid_content[selected_file_current].file_name);
-				cmd = concat(cmd, "\"");
+		if (extension != NULL) {
+			for (i = 0; i < file_extension_default_count; i++) {
+				if (strstr(extension, file_extension_default_cmd[i].file_extension)) {
+					char *cmd = concat(file_extension_default_cmd[i].command, " ./\"");
+					cmd = concat(cmd, mid_content[selected_file_current].file_name);
+					cmd = concat(cmd, "\"");
 
 
-				if (system(cmd) == -1) {
-					/*do nothing*/
+					if (system(cmd) == -1) {
+						/*do nothing*/
+					}
+					curs_set(1); /*for some reason, 1 here turns it invisible once again */
+					match = 1;
+					status |= (STATUS_RUN_BACKEND | STATUS_UPDATE_SCREEN_MASK | STATUS_RELOAD_DIRECTORY | STATUS_UPDATE_SCREEN_RELOAD_FULL);
+					break;
 				}
-				curs_set(1); /*for some reason, 1 here turns it invisible once again */
-				match = 1;
-				status |= (STATUS_RUN_BACKEND | STATUS_UPDATE_SCREEN_MASK | STATUS_RELOAD_DIRECTORY | STATUS_UPDATE_SCREEN_RELOAD_FULL);
-				break;
 			}
 		}
 		if (match == 0) {