diff --git a/rc/fzf.kak b/rc/fzf.kak
index 69aba51..19c203e 100644
--- a/rc/fzf.kak
+++ b/rc/fzf.kak
@@ -181,7 +181,9 @@ define-command -hidden fzf-buffer-search %{
         echo "execute-keys %{%<a-|>cat<space>><space>$buffer_content<ret>;}"
         echo "execute-keys $line g $char l"
         echo "fzf \"execute-keys \$1 gx\" \"(nl -b a -n ln $buffer_content\" \"--reverse | cut -f 1)\""
-        echo "nop %sh{rm $buffer_content}"
+        (echo "fzf \"execute-keys \$1 gx\" \"(nl -b a -n ln $buffer_content\" \"--reverse | cut -f 1)\"") 1>&2
+        # sleep 2 is needed to because everything is done asynchronously, so file should not be deleted until it was read by fzf
+        echo "nop %sh{sleep 2; rm $buffer_content}"
     }
 }