diff --git a/src/Project.zig b/src/Project.zig
index 06c9e75..e0e3cb3 100644
--- a/src/Project.zig
+++ b/src/Project.zig
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ pub fn restore_state_v1(self: *Self, data: []const u8) !void {
         tp.trace(tp.channel.debug, .{ "restore_state_v1", "file", path_, mtime, row, col });
         const path = project_manager.normalize_file_path_dot_prefix(path_);
         self.longest_file_path = @max(self.longest_file_path, path.len);
-        const stat = std.fs.cwd().statFile(path) catch |e| switch (e) {
+        const stat = std.fs.cwd().statFile(path[0..@min(path.len, std.fs.max_name_bytes)]) catch |e| switch (e) {
             error.FileNotFound => continue,
             else => {
                 try self.update_mru_internal(path, mtime, row, col);
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ pub fn restore_state_v0(self: *Self, data: []const u8) error{
         tp.trace(tp.channel.debug, .{ "restore_state_v0", "file", path_, mtime, row, col });
         const path = project_manager.normalize_file_path_dot_prefix(path_);
         self.longest_file_path = @max(self.longest_file_path, path.len);
-        const stat = std.fs.cwd().statFile(path) catch |e| switch (e) {
+        const stat = std.fs.cwd().statFile(path[0..@min(path.len, std.fs.max_name_bytes)]) catch |e| switch (e) {
             error.FileNotFound => continue,
             else => {
                 try self.update_mru_internal(path, mtime, row, col);
diff --git a/src/tui/status/filestate.zig b/src/tui/status/filestate.zig
index 876d2c4..3b6e8da 100644
--- a/src/tui/status/filestate.zig
+++ b/src/tui/status/filestate.zig
@@ -231,8 +231,9 @@ fn process_event(self: *Self, m: tp.message) error{Exit}!bool {
     } else if (try m.match(.{ tp.any, "eol_mode", tp.extract(&self.eol_mode), tp.extract(&self.utf8_sanitized), tp.extract(&self.indent_mode) })) {
         //
     } else if (try m.match(.{ tp.any, "save", tp.extract(&file_path), tp.extract(&self.auto_save) })) {
-        @memcpy(self.name_buf[0..file_path.len], file_path);
-        self.name = self.name_buf[0..file_path.len];
+        const name_len = @min(file_path.len, self.name_buf.len);
+        @memcpy(self.name_buf[0..name_len], file_path[0..name_len]);
+        self.name = self.name_buf[0..name_len];
         self.file_exists = true;
         self.file_dirty = false;
         self.name = project_manager.abbreviate_home(&self.name_buf, self.name);
@@ -246,9 +247,10 @@ fn process_event(self: *Self, m: tp.message) error{Exit}!bool {
         tp.extract(&self.file_color),
         tp.extract(&self.auto_save),
     })) {
+        const name_len = @min(file_path.len, self.name_buf.len);
         self.eol_mode = .lf;
-        @memcpy(self.name_buf[0..file_path.len], file_path);
-        self.name = self.name_buf[0..file_path.len];
+        @memcpy(self.name_buf[0..name_len], file_path[0..name_len]);
+        self.name = self.name_buf[0..name_len];
         @memcpy(self.file_type_buf[0..file_type.len], file_type);
         self.file_type = self.file_type_buf[0..file_type.len];
         @memcpy(self.file_icon_buf[0..file_icon.len], file_icon);