diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 60cd453..c29f49d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@ A minimal commandline utility for reviewing notes. 'Flashcards' can be written i
 ## Installation
 Installation on Windows is not possible sadly, aside from WSL. This is because hascard depends on vty which only supports unix operating systems (this includes macOS).
 
-### Snapcraft
-Hascard is also on [snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/hascard). Installation instructions are on that site. If you already have snap installed you can just install hascard via `sudo snap install hascard`. By default snap applications are isolated from the system and run in a sandbox. This means that hascard does not have permission to read or write any files on the system aside from those under `%HOME/snap/hascard`. To be able to read cards also in other directories under the home directory, hascard makes use of the `home` interface which might need to be enabled manually using `sudo snap connect hascard:home :home`.
-
-**Note**: The installation with snapcraft does not work with all terminals, [known issues are with alacritty and st](https://github.com/Yvee1/hascard/issues/3), because of problems with terminfo that I do not know how to solve. With me, this did not happen with the other installation methods so try those if you have a somewhat non-standard terminal. If anyone knows what the problem might be, let me know!
-
 ### Homebrew (for macOS)
 For macOS users an installation using homebrew is provided via a custom tap. You can run 
 ```
@@ -31,6 +26,11 @@ brew install Yvee1/tools/hascard
 ### Binary
 Linux and macOS binaries are available under [releases](https://github.com/Yvee1/hascard/releases/). To be able to run it from any directory, it has to be added to the PATH. This can be done by copying it to e.g. the `/usr/local/bin` directory.
 
+### Snapcraft
+Hascard is also on [snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/hascard). Installation instructions are on that site. If you already have snap installed you can just install hascard via `sudo snap install hascard`. By default snap applications are isolated from the system and run in a sandbox. This means that hascard does not have permission to read or write any files on the system aside from those under `%HOME/snap/hascard`. To be able to read cards also in other directories under the home directory, hascard makes use of the `home` interface which might need to be enabled manually using `sudo snap connect hascard:home :home`.
+
+**Note**: The installation with snapcraft does not work with all terminals, [known issues are with alacritty and st](https://github.com/Yvee1/hascard/issues/3), because of problems with terminfo that I do not know how to solve. With me, this did not happen with the other installation methods so try those if you have a somewhat non-standard terminal. If anyone knows what the problem might be, let me know!
+
 ### Install from source
 Another option is to build hascard and install it from source. For this you can use the Haskell build tool called [stack](https://docs.haskellstack.org/en/stable/README/#how-to-install), or [nix](https://nixos.org/). Then for example clone this repository somewhere:
 ```
diff --git a/src/UI/CardSelector.hs b/src/UI/CardSelector.hs
index a4c1743..31de452 100644
--- a/src/UI/CardSelector.hs
+++ b/src/UI/CardSelector.hs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import Brick.Widgets.Border
 import Brick.Widgets.Border.Style
 import Brick.Widgets.Center
 import Control.Exception (displayException, try)
+import Control.Monad (filterM)
 import Control.Monad.IO.Class
 import Data.Functor (void)
 import Data.List (sort)
@@ -146,9 +147,16 @@ getRecents = do
   rf <- getRecentsFile
   exists <- D.doesFileExist rf
   if exists
-    then S.fromList . lines <$> IOS.readFile rf
+    then removeDeletedFiles rf
     else return S.empty
 
+removeDeletedFiles :: FilePath -> IO (Stack FilePath)
+removeDeletedFiles fp = do
+  file <- IOS.readFile fp
+  existing <- S.fromList <$> filterM D.doesFileExist (lines file)
+  writeRecents existing
+  return existing
+
 maxRecents :: Int
 maxRecents = 5