diff --git a/.config/lf/preview/preview b/.config/lf/preview/preview
index 53bf3ec8a..aa8912d88 100755
--- a/.config/lf/preview/preview
+++ b/.config/lf/preview/preview
@@ -19,16 +19,15 @@ image() {
 }
 
 video() {
-    thumb="$("$HOME/.config/lf/preview/vidthumb" "$f")" || (
+    thumb="$("$HOME/.config/lf/preview/vidthumb" "$f")" || {
         printf "%b" "${RED}vidthumb failed to execute${RESET}"
         return 1
-    )
+    }
     image "$thumb"
 }
 
 text() {
-    bat --color=always --style=plain --pager=never --terminal-width "$((w - 2))" "$f" && exit 1
-    cat "$f"
+    bat --color=always --style=plain --pager=never --terminal-width "$((w - 2))" "$@" "$f"
     exit 1
 }
 
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ if command -v gio 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
 fi
 
 case "$(file -b "$f")" in
-    *text*) text "$f" ;;
+    *text*) text ;;
     *)
         printf "%b" "\$(file --mime-type)\t\t\t : $filerun\n"
         [ -n "$giorun" ] && printf "%b" "\$(gio info)\t\t\t\t : $giorun\n"