diff --git a/dots/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/configs/neo-tree.lua b/dots/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/configs/neo-tree.lua
index dc6a94a8..0b0bf81e 100644
--- a/dots/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/configs/neo-tree.lua
+++ b/dots/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/configs/neo-tree.lua
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ return {
                 once = true,
                 callback = function()
                     local f = vim.fn.expand("%:p")
-                    if vim.fn.isdirectory(f) == 1 then
+                    local isdir = vim.fn.isdirectory(f)
+                    if isdir == 1 or f == "" then
                         require("neo-tree")
                         return true
                     end