diff --git a/widgets/dirlist.go b/widgets/dirlist.go
index 11e1b20..b6c09dd 100644
--- a/widgets/dirlist.go
+++ b/widgets/dirlist.go
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ func (dirlist *DirectoryList) Select(name string) {
 
 		select {
 		case <-time.After(dirlist.UiConfig().DirListDelay):
+			newStore := true
+			for _, s := range dirlist.store.List() {
+				if s == dirlist.selecting {
+					newStore = false
+				}
+			}
 			dirlist.worker.PostAction(&types.OpenDirectory{Directory: name},
 				func(msg types.WorkerMessage) {
 					switch msg.(type) {
@@ -156,6 +162,9 @@ func (dirlist *DirectoryList) Select(name string) {
 							sort.Strings(dirlist.dirs)
 						}
 						dirlist.sortDirsByFoldersSortConfig()
+						if newStore {
+							dirlist.worker.PostAction(&types.FetchDirectoryContents{}, nil)
+						}
 					}
 					dirlist.Invalidate()
 				})