diff --git a/src/ViewModels/DirHistories.cs b/src/ViewModels/DirHistories.cs
index 3e5743e3..3b3853af 100644
--- a/src/ViewModels/DirHistories.cs
+++ b/src/ViewModels/DirHistories.cs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
 
             _repo = repo;
             _detail = new CommitDetail(repo, false);
+            _detail.SearchChangeFilter = dir;
 
             Task.Run(() =>
             {