diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/panels/tab-proxy.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/panels/tab-proxy.js
index 645b30ecce..cbcd542642 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/panels/tab-proxy.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/panels/tab-proxy.js
@@ -283,7 +283,12 @@ export class TabProxy extends Plugin {
     delete this._handlers[name]
     let previous = currentFileTab
     this.loadedTabs = this.loadedTabs.filter((tab, index) => {
-      if (!previous && tab.name === name) previous = this.loadedTabs[index - 1]
+      if (!previous && tab.name === name) {
+        if(index - 1 && this.loadedTabs[index - 1])
+          previous = this.loadedTabs[index - 1]
+        else if (index + 1 && this.loadedTabs[index + 1]) 
+          previous = this.loadedTabs[index + 1]
+      }
       return tab.name !== name
     })
     this.renderComponent()