diff --git a/internal/dirs/dirs.go b/internal/dirs/dirs.go
index 9ef7ff7..f20fa1a 100644
--- a/internal/dirs/dirs.go
+++ b/internal/dirs/dirs.go
@@ -6,16 +6,27 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+const sep = string(os.PathSeparator)
+
 // UnExpand unexpands some directory shortcuts
 //
 // $HOME -> ~
 // $PWD -> .
-// workdir -> .
-func UnExpand(dir string) (outdir string) {
-	outdir = filepath.Clean(dir)
-	home := os.Getenv("HOME")
+// workdir -> /
+func UnExpand(dir, workdir string) (outdir string) {
+	var (
+		home   string = os.Getenv("HOME")
+		pwd, _        = os.Getwd()
+	)
 
-	if pwd, err := os.Getwd(); err == nil && home != pwd {
+	if dir != "" {
+		outdir = cleanDir(dir, pwd)
+	}
+
+	if workdir != "" {
+		workdir = cleanDir(workdir, pwd)
+		outdir = strings.Replace(outdir, workdir, "", 1)
+	} else if home != pwd && pwd != "" {
 		outdir = strings.Replace(outdir, pwd, ".", 1)
 	}
 
@@ -30,6 +41,17 @@ func UnExpand(dir string) (outdir string) {
 	return
 }
 
+func cleanDir(dir, pwd string) (out string) {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(dir, ".") {
+		out = filepath.Clean(dir)
+	} else if !strings.HasPrefix(dir, sep) {
+		out = filepath.Join(pwd, dir)
+	} else {
+		out = dir
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 func UnEscape(input string) string {
 	return strings.ReplaceAll(input, "%20", " ")
 }
diff --git a/internal/tables/tables.go b/internal/tables/tables.go
index 0c57661..e75525e 100644
--- a/internal/tables/tables.go
+++ b/internal/tables/tables.go
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ func (m model) header() string {
 	default:
 		mode = m.mode.String()
 		if m.workdir != "" {
-			mode += fmt.Sprintf(" in %s ", dirs.UnExpand(m.workdir))
+			mode += fmt.Sprintf(" in %s ", dirs.UnExpand(m.workdir, ""))
 		}
 	}
 	mode += fmt.Sprintf(" %s %s", dot, strings.Join(select_keys, wide_dot))
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ func (m model) selectedFiles() (outfile files.Files) {
 	return false
 } */
 
-func newRow(file files.File) table.Row {
+func newRow(file files.File, workdir string) table.Row {
 	var t, b string
 	t = humanize.Time(file.Date())
 	if file.IsDir() {
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ func newRow(file files.File) table.Row {
 	}
 	return table.Row{
 		dirs.UnEscape(file.Name()),
-		dirs.UnExpand(filepath.Dir(file.Path())),
+		dirs.UnExpand(filepath.Dir(file.Path()), workdir),
 		t,
 		b,
 	}
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ func newRow(file files.File) table.Row {
 
 func (m *model) freshRows(preselected bool) (rows []table.Row) {
 	for _, f := range m.files {
-		r := newRow(f)
+		r := newRow(f, m.workdir)
 
 		if !m.readonly {
 			r = append(r, getCheck(preselected))
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ func (m *model) sort() {
 	slices.SortStableFunc(m.files, m.sorting.Sorter())
 	var rows []table.Row
 	for _, file := range m.files {
-		r := newRow(file)
+		r := newRow(file, m.workdir)
 		if !m.readonly {
 			r = append(r, getCheck(m.selected[file.String()]))
 		}