diff --git a/plugins/preview-tui b/plugins/preview-tui
index 51dfcc3c..48c889c0 100755
--- a/plugins/preview-tui
+++ b/plugins/preview-tui
@@ -305,8 +305,8 @@ if [ "$PREVIEW_MODE" ]; then
     preview_file "$PWD/$1"
     preview_fifo &
     wait "$!"
-    rm "$PAGERPID" "$IMGPID" "$CURSEL" "$FIFO_UEBERZUG" "$FIFOPID" 2>/dev/null
     pkill -P "$$"
+    rm "$PAGERPID" "$IMGPID" "$CURSEL" "$FIFO_UEBERZUG" "$FIFOPID" 2>/dev/null
 else
     if [ ! -r "$NNN_FIFO" ]; then
         clear
diff --git a/plugins/preview-tui-ext b/plugins/preview-tui-ext
index ade673a5..c88389b9 100755
--- a/plugins/preview-tui-ext
+++ b/plugins/preview-tui-ext
@@ -404,8 +404,8 @@ if [ "$PREVIEW_MODE" ]; then
     preview_file "$PWD/$1"
     preview_fifo &
     wait "$!"
-    rm "$PAGERPID" "$IMGPID" "$CURSEL" "$FIFO_UEBERZUG" "$FIFOPID" 2>/dev/null
     pkill -P "$$"
+    rm "$PAGERPID" "$IMGPID" "$CURSEL" "$FIFO_UEBERZUG" "$FIFOPID" 2>/dev/null
 else
     if [ ! -r "$NNN_FIFO" ]; then
         clear