diff --git a/src/delete.c b/src/delete.c
index 2963f5d4b7cba58167e66108da6bb953b43607bf..aae0c65416629a5ec97f0cef74231287c21ad712 100644
--- a/src/delete.c
+++ b/src/delete.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ int delete_dir(struct dir *dr) {
 
   /* check for input or screen resizes */
   strcpy(curfile, file);
-  if(input_handle(0))
+  if(input_handle(1))
     return 1;
 
   /* do the actual deleting */