From 7a0d077e4545f18d30488122fee80ba4df1c7b52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: toonn <toonn@toonn.io>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 23:20:17 +0200
Subject: If files is None we can't set the _pointed_obj

Fixes #2071
---
 ranger/core/tab.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ranger/core/tab.py b/ranger/core/tab.py
index 64edf120..1771ffa2 100644
--- a/ranger/core/tab.py
+++ b/ranger/core/tab.py
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@ class Tab(FileManagerAware, SettingsAware):  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance
 
     def _set_pointer(self, value):
         self._pointer = value
-        self._pointed_obj = self.thisdir.files[self._pointer]
+        try:
+            self._pointed_obj = self.thisdir.files[self._pointer]
+        except TypeError:
+            pass
 
     pointer = property(_get_pointer, _set_pointer)
 
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