diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6f2843c..e681e5e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 - Hardlink (inode) support for several commands and features
 - Query support for several commands that interact with already seeding torrents
 
+### Bugfix
+
+- It is now possible to scan single files (again?) #56
+
 ## [1.3.0] - 2024-02-17
 
 ### Add
diff --git a/src/autotorrent/indexer.py b/src/autotorrent/indexer.py
index a642b47..f688e55 100644
--- a/src/autotorrent/indexer.py
+++ b/src/autotorrent/indexer.py
@@ -156,22 +156,28 @@ def _match_ignore_pattern(self, ignore_patterns, p, ignore_case=False):
 
     def _scan_path_thread(self, path, queue, root_thread=False):
         files = []
+        def _handle_file(p):
+            if p.is_dir():
+                if self.ignore_directory_patterns and self._match_ignore_pattern(
+                    self.ignore_directory_patterns, Path(p), ignore_case=True
+                ):
+                    return
+                self._scan_path_thread(Path(p), queue)
+            elif p.is_file():
+                if self.ignore_file_patterns and self._match_ignore_pattern(
+                    self.ignore_file_patterns, Path(p)
+                ):
+                    return
+                files.append(Path(p))
+                size = p.stat().st_size
+                queue.put((IndexAction.ADD, (Path(p), size)))
+
         try:
-            for p in os.scandir(path):
-                if p.is_dir():
-                    if self.ignore_directory_patterns and self._match_ignore_pattern(
-                        self.ignore_directory_patterns, Path(p), ignore_case=True
-                    ):
-                        continue
-                    self._scan_path_thread(Path(p), queue)
-                elif p.is_file():
-                    if self.ignore_file_patterns and self._match_ignore_pattern(
-                        self.ignore_file_patterns, Path(p)
-                    ):
-                        continue
-                    files.append(Path(p))
-                    size = p.stat().st_size
-                    queue.put((IndexAction.ADD, (Path(p), size)))
+            if path.is_file():
+                _handle_file(path)
+            else:
+                for p in os.scandir(path):
+                    _handle_file(p)
 
             # TODO: probably not utf-8 problems resilient
             if is_unsplitable(files):  # TODO: prevent duplicate work (?)
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index abff1b2..2430fd3 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -239,4 +239,10 @@ def test_cli_add_skip_store_metadata_enabled(testfiles, indexer, matcher, client
     assert result.exit_code == 0
     action, kwargs = client._action_queue[0]
     assert action == "add"
-    assert kwargs["destination_path"].name != "data"
\ No newline at end of file
+    assert kwargs["destination_path"].name != "data"
+
+
+def test_cli_scan_single_file(testfiles, indexer, matcher, client, configfile, tmp_path):
+    runner = CliRunner()
+    result = runner.invoke(cli, ['scan', '-p', str(testfiles / 'file_b.txt')], catch_exceptions=False)
+    assert result.exit_code == 0