diff --git a/n b/n
index c58fd68..dfc229c 100755
--- a/n
+++ b/n
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 # nnn previewer wrapper
 set -euf
 
-[ -n "${TMUX:-}" ] && exec nnn
-
 vars="NNN_BATTHEME=Dracula
 NNN_BATSTYLE=full
 "
@@ -15,4 +13,9 @@ for env in $vars; do
 	varstring="$varstring -e $env"
 done; unset IFS
 
-tmux new $varstring -s nnn -c exec nnn "${PWD:-"$HOME"}" || tmux new-window -t nnn: nnn "${PWD:-"$HOME"}" \; a -t nnn
+[ -n "${TMUX:-}" ] && exec nnn
+
+PWD="'$(printf '%s' "$PWD" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g")'"
+
+tmux new $varstring -c exec sh -c 'cd '"${PWD:-$HOME}"' && exec nnn "$@"' sh "$@"
+# tmux new $varstring -s nnn -c exec nnn "${PWD:-"$HOME"}" || tmux new-window -t nnn: nnn "${PWD:-"$HOME"}" \; a -t nnn