diff --git a/src/Surface.zig b/src/Surface.zig
index bbf057c93..79b80c04e 100644
--- a/src/Surface.zig
+++ b/src/Surface.zig
@@ -3235,7 +3235,7 @@ pub fn performBindingAction(self: *Surface, action: input.Binding.Action) !bool
             const path = try tmp_dir.dir.realpath("scrollback", &path_buf);
 
             var cmd_buf: [std.fs.MAX_PATH_BYTES + 1024]u8 = undefined;
-            const cmd = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&cmd_buf, "\nless --chop-long-lines --RAW-CONTROL-CHARS +G {s}\n?", .{path});
+            const cmd = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&cmd_buf, "\nless --chop-long-lines --RAW-CONTROL-CHARS +G '{s}'; rm -f '{s}'\n?", .{ path, path });
 
             _ = self.io_thread.mailbox.push(try termio.Message.writeReq(
                 self.alloc,