1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/look.zig b/src/look.zig
index 65d001a9..36eae75c 100644
--- a/src/look.zig
+++ b/src/look.zig
@@ -583,8 +583,9 @@ pub fn runSearch(p: *Pardes, id: usize, pat_raw: []const u8, kind: Search, start
     if (pat.len == 0) return 0;
     const arena = p.scratch.allocator();
     // where the pane lives: a file's directory, a shell's cwd — the walk
-    // root, and the directory the results buffer is named in.
-    const dir = Pardes.paneDir(pane);
+    // root, and the directory the results buffer is named in. From a
+    // column's or the workspace's tag, the session's.
+    const dir = if (p.exec_header) p.sessionDir() else Pardes.paneDir(pane);
     const out = try arena.alloc(u8, filesystem.search_max_output_bytes);
     var out_len: usize = 0;
     var nrows: usize = 0;