diff --git a/data/apps/red.lua b/data/apps/red.lua
index 44b7142..5a788b6 100644
--- a/data/apps/red.lua
+++ b/data/apps/red.lua
@@ -441,12 +441,12 @@ function frame:file(f)
 
   b = win:new(fn)
   b.menu = self:menu().buf:gettext() -- clone menu
+  b.conf = presets.get(fn) or {}
   if dir then
     b:set ""
     b:readdir(fn)
     b:cur(1)
   elseif not fn:startswith '+' then
-    b.conf = presets.get(fn) or {}
     b:file(fn)
     if nr == 0 and b:histfile_get() then
       self:push_win(b)
diff --git a/data/lib/red/presets.lua b/data/lib/red/presets.lua
index 729a8cb..ed70d0c 100644
--- a/data/lib/red/presets.lua
+++ b/data/lib/red/presets.lua
@@ -53,4 +53,10 @@ return {
     syntax = "diff"
     }
   },
+  {"/$", { ts = 8,
+    spaces_tab = false,
+    trim_spaces = false,
+    syntax = "dir"
+    }
+  },
 }
diff --git a/data/lib/red/syntax/dir.lua b/data/lib/red/syntax/dir.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f78254
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/lib/red/syntax/dir.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+local scheme = require "red/syntax/scheme"
+
+local function match(ext)
+  if type(ext) ~= 'table' then
+    ext = { ext }
+  end
+  return function(ctx, txt, i)
+    local d = 0
+    local n = {}
+    while txt[i] ~= '\n' and txt[i] do
+      table.insert(n, txt[i])
+      i = i + 1
+     end
+     local t = table.concat(n, '')
+     for _, v in ipairs(ext) do
+       if (t:lower()):find(v, 1) then
+         return #n
+       end
+     end
+  end
+end
+
+local col = {
+  col = scheme.default,
+  {
+    start = match("/$"),
+    stop = '\n',
+    col = scheme.number,
+  },
+  {
+    start = match { "%.pdf$", "%.docx?$", "%.rtf$" },
+    stop = '\n',
+    col = scheme.keyword,
+  },
+  {
+    start = match { "%.log$", "%.txt$", "%.md$" },
+    stop = '\n',
+    col = scheme.string,
+  },
+  {
+    start = match { "%.jpe?g$", "%.gif$", "%.tiff$", "%.png", "%.xmp",
+      "%.mp[34]$", "%.avi$", "%.mpeg$", "%.mkv$", "%.webm" },
+    stop = '\n',
+    col = scheme.operator,
+  },
+  {
+    start = match { "%.zip$", "%.gz$", "%.rar$", "%.arj", "%.tar$" },
+    stop = '\n',
+    col = scheme.lib,
+  },
+}
+
+return col
diff --git a/data/lib/red/win.lua b/data/lib/red/win.lua
index ab69fa4..0082ec6 100644
--- a/data/lib/red/win.lua
+++ b/data/lib/red/win.lua
@@ -822,6 +822,7 @@ end
 function win:set(text)
   self.buf:set(text)
   self:cur(self:cur())
+  self.colorizer = nil
 end
 
 function win:gettext(...)