diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5bc310e4..0126630b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ Over the last 2 years my go to GUI tool for this was [fork](https://git-fork.com
 * [x] show added files on working dir changes
 * [x] support committing
 * [x] popup centered
-* [ ] crash: adding a pic to index crashes
 * [ ] crash: renamed files cannot be added to index
 * [ ] allow selecting/diff index items
 * [ ] support unstaging
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index ce202c3c..11ba65fd 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -270,10 +270,14 @@ impl App {
             let mut index = repo.index().unwrap();
 
             let path = Path::new(self.status.wt_items[i].path.as_str());
-            index.add_path(path).unwrap();
-            index.write().unwrap();
-
-            self.update();
+            if path.is_file() {
+                if let Ok(_) = index.add_path(path) {
+                    index.write().unwrap();
+                    self.update();
+                }
+            } else {
+                unimplemented!("can only add files");
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/git_status.rs b/src/git_status.rs
index 67448f09..7d4e5eaf 100644
--- a/src/git_status.rs
+++ b/src/git_status.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ impl StatusLists {
 
         let statuses = repo
             .statuses(Some(
-                StatusOptions::default().show(show).include_untracked(true),
+                StatusOptions::default()
+                    .show(show)
+                    .include_untracked(true)
+                    .recurse_untracked_dirs(true),
             ))
             .unwrap();