diff --git a/src/tui/mainview.zig b/src/tui/mainview.zig
index 87bb11d..40783ce 100644
--- a/src/tui/mainview.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mainview.zig
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ const cmds = struct {
 
     pub fn change_file_type(_: *Self, _: Ctx) Result {
         return tui.open_overlay(
-            @import("mode/overlay/file_type_palette.zig").Variant("set_file_type", "Select file type").Type,
+            @import("mode/overlay/file_type_palette.zig").Variant("set_file_type", "Select file type", false).Type,
         );
     }
     pub const change_file_type_meta: Meta = .{ .description = "Change file type" };
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ const cmds = struct {
         var file_type_name: []const u8 = undefined;
         if (!(ctx.args.match(.{tp.extract(&file_type_name)}) catch false))
             return tui.open_overlay(
-                @import("mode/overlay/file_type_palette.zig").Variant("open_file_type_config", "Edit file type").Type,
+                @import("mode/overlay/file_type_palette.zig").Variant("open_file_type_config", "Edit file type", true).Type,
             );
 
         const file_name = try get_file_type_config_file_path(self.allocator, file_type_name);
diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/file_type_palette.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/file_type_palette.zig
index 56f3269..719abe3 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/overlay/file_type_palette.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/file_type_palette.zig
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const syntax = @import("syntax");
 const Widget = @import("../../Widget.zig");
 const tui = @import("../../tui.zig");
 
-pub fn Variant(comptime command: []const u8, comptime label_: []const u8) type {
+pub fn Variant(comptime command: []const u8, comptime label_: []const u8, allow_previous: bool) type {
     return struct {
         pub const Type = @import("palette.zig").Create(@This());
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ pub fn Variant(comptime command: []const u8, comptime label_: []const u8) type {
             if (!(cbor.matchString(&iter, &icon) catch false)) return;
             if (!(cbor.matchInt(u24, &iter, &color) catch false)) return;
             if (!(cbor.matchString(&iter, &name_) catch false)) return;
-            if (previous_file_type) |prev| if (std.mem.eql(u8, prev, name_))
+            if (!allow_previous) if (previous_file_type) |prev| if (std.mem.eql(u8, prev, name_))
                 return;
             tp.self_pid().send(.{ "cmd", "exit_overlay_mode" }) catch |e| menu.*.opts.ctx.logger.err("file_type_palette", e);
             tp.self_pid().send(.{ "cmd", command, .{name_} }) catch |e| menu.*.opts.ctx.logger.err("file_type_palette", e);