diff --git a/bin/qemush b/bin/qemush
index 92eb503..8c11e7c 100755
--- a/bin/qemush
+++ b/bin/qemush
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public_diskls() {
 public_edit() {
     local file="${bin}/${1}"
     "$EDITOR" "$file"
-    exec chmod u+x "$file"
+    [ -f "$file" ] && exec chmod u+x "$file"
 }
 
 public_rm() {