diff --git a/.local/bin/focus b/.local/bin/focus
index 77eb1bb..96c7852 100755
--- a/.local/bin/focus
+++ b/.local/bin/focus
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 playlistPath="$MUSIC/Playlists"
-result="$(test "$1" && (find $playlistPath -iname "focus-$1.m3u8" | grep . || find $playlistPath -iname "$1.m3u*" | grep . || find $MUSIC -iname "*$1*") | head -1 || echo "$playlistPath/focus.m3u8" )"
-vp "$result"
+result="$(test "$1" && (find -L $playlistPath -iname "focus-$1.m3u8" | grep . || find -L $playlistPath -iname "$1.m3u*" | grep . || find -L $MUSIC -iname "*$1*") | head -1 || echo "$playlistPath/focus.m3u8" )"
+test "$result" && vp "$result"
diff --git a/.local/bin/vp b/.local/bin/vp
index c09e66a..ff3bc2f 100755
--- a/.local/bin/vp
+++ b/.local/bin/vp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+# restarts VLS with the given paths
 killall -q vlc
 vlc --no-qt-error-dialogs --qt-start-minimized --qt-notification 0 --loop --random "$@" >/dev/null 2>&1 &