diff --git a/interactions.c b/interactions.c
index 8f74ae6..3fdc364 100644
--- a/interactions.c
+++ b/interactions.c
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ void user_interactions() {
 				pthread_mutex_unlock(&mutex_mid);
 
 				timeout(SETTINGS_CURSES_TIMEOUT); /* blocking timeout of getch() */
+
+				#if SETTINGS_RELOAD_DIR_DELTA != 0
+				/* workaround for file previews not working on changing file while this is true
+				 * disabling this here does not influence the reload/rerun of the logic */
+				status &= ~STATUS_DELTA_TIME;
+				#endif
 			} else {
 				binding_matches++;
 				mvwprintw(stdscr, terminal_height-binding_matches-1, 0, "\t\t\t");