diff --git a/.local/bin/spam-ascii b/.local/bin/spam-ascii
index 19b3067e..f4a11162 100755
--- a/.local/bin/spam-ascii
+++ b/.local/bin/spam-ascii
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ for candidate in \
     fi
 done
 
-# 3. First case-insensitive substring match.
-match=$(find "$dir" -maxdepth 1 -type f -iname "*$pattern*" 2>/dev/null \
+# 3. First case-insensitive substring match. -L so find follows a possible
+# symlink starting point (e.g. ~/ascii -> ~/.yadr/ascii); without it, find
+# treats the symlink itself as the "starting point" and ignores -type f.
+match=$(find -L "$dir" -maxdepth 1 -type f -iname "*$pattern*" 2>/dev/null \
         | sort \
         | head -n1)