diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index adbf121..fd848c5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # 🎀 Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+### Fixed
+- Skip over file and prevent panic if info cannot be retrieved during file completion (due to permission error or anything else)
+
 ## [2.3.3] - 2024-11-04
 ### Fixed
 - Heredocs having issues
diff --git a/complete.go b/complete.go
index 1c40b20..86938cb 100644
--- a/complete.go
+++ b/complete.go
@@ -157,9 +157,12 @@ func matchPath(query string) ([]string, string) {
 
 	files, _ := os.ReadDir(path)
 	for _, entry := range files {
-		// should we handle errors here?
 		file, err := entry.Info()
-		if err == nil && file.Mode() & os.ModeSymlink != 0 {
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if file.Mode() & os.ModeSymlink != 0 {
 			path, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(filepath.Join(path, file.Name()))
 			if err == nil {
 				file, err = os.Lstat(path)