diff --git a/.config/shell/bin/ned b/.config/shell/bin/ned
index 650bde2..6c2c8db 100755
--- a/.config/shell/bin/ned
+++ b/.config/shell/bin/ned
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ edit() {
       SEARCH_TERM="$2"
    fi
 
-   NOTE_PATH="$NOTES_DIR/$(cd "$NOTES_DIR" && fzf -1 -q "$SEARCH_TERM" --layout=reverse --info=inline --height=10%)"
+   NOTE_PATH="$NOTES_DIR/$(cd "$NOTES_DIR" && fzf -1 -q "$SEARCH_TERM" --layout=reverse --info=inline --height=10%)" || exit
 
    $EDITOR_CMD "$NOTE_PATH"
 }
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ new() {
       NOTE_NAME="$(date +'%F').md"
    fi
 
+   # TODO: use fzf instead of fd + fzf for picking the directory
    NOTE_PATH="$(fd -ad 1 "^$2" "$NOTES_DIR")"
    # check if there were no results
    if [ -z "$NOTE_PATH" ]; then