diff --git a/ls-wide.nu b/ls-wide.nu
index e9f1927..10061da 100644
--- a/ls-wide.nu
+++ b/ls-wide.nu
@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@ def ls-wide [
     ls | each -n {
         build-string $(echo $it.item.name | str rpad -c ' ' -l $max_fname_size) ' ' $(echo $(build-string $it.item.size) | str lpad -c ' ' -l $max_fsize_size) ' '
         if $is_empty {
-            if $it.index mod 3 == 0 && $it.index != 0 {
+            if $(= $it.index + 1) mod 3 == 0 {
                 echo $(char newline) | autoview
             } {}
-
-            } {
-            if $it.index mod $columns == 0 && $it.index != 0 {
+        } {
+            if $(= $it.index + 1) mod $columns == 0 {
                 echo $(char newline) | autoview
             } {}
         }