diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7a40c07b..74326e1f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ extern crate winapi;
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{self, Write};
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::path::Path;
 use std::process;
 use std::result;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
@@ -89,16 +89,15 @@ fn run(args: Args) -> Result<u64> {
     let args = Arc::new(args);
     let paths = args.paths();
     let threads = cmp::max(1, args.threads() - 1);
+    let isone =
+        paths.len() == 1 && (paths[0] == Path::new("-") || paths[0].is_file());
     if args.files() {
         return run_files(args.clone());
     }
     if args.type_list() {
         return run_types(args.clone());
     }
-    if paths.len() == 1 && (paths[0] == Path::new("-") || paths[0].is_file()) {
-        return run_one(args.clone(), &paths[0]);
-    }
-    if threads == 1 {
+    if threads == 1 || isone {
         return run_one_thread(args.clone());
     }
 
@@ -183,7 +182,13 @@ fn run_one_thread(args: Arc<Args>) -> Result<u64> {
                 }
                 paths_searched += 1;
                 let mut printer = args.printer(&mut term);
-                let file = try!(File::open(ent.path()));
+                let file = match File::open(ent.path()) {
+                    Ok(file) => file,
+                    Err(err) => {
+                        eprintln!("{}: {}", ent.path().display(), err);
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                };
                 worker.do_work(&mut printer, WorkReady::DirFile(ent, file));
             }
         }
@@ -196,25 +201,6 @@ fn run_one_thread(args: Arc<Args>) -> Result<u64> {
     Ok(worker.match_count)
 }
 
-fn run_one(args: Arc<Args>, path: &Path) -> Result<u64> {
-    let mut worker = Worker {
-        args: args.clone(),
-        inpbuf: args.input_buffer(),
-        grep: args.grep(),
-        match_count: 0,
-    };
-    let term = args.stdout();
-    let mut printer = args.printer(term);
-    let work =
-        if path == Path::new("-") {
-            WorkReady::Stdin
-        } else {
-            WorkReady::PathFile(path.to_path_buf(), try!(File::open(path)))
-        };
-    worker.do_work(&mut printer, work);
-    Ok(worker.match_count)
-}
-
 fn run_files(args: Arc<Args>) -> Result<u64> {
     let term = args.stdout();
     let mut printer = args.printer(term);
@@ -253,7 +239,6 @@ enum Work {
 enum WorkReady {
     Stdin,
     DirFile(DirEntry, File),
-    PathFile(PathBuf, File),
 }
 
 struct MultiWorker {
@@ -328,17 +313,6 @@ impl Worker {
                     self.search(printer, path, file)
                 }
             }
-            WorkReady::PathFile(path, file) => {
-                let mut path = &*path;
-                if let Some(p) = strip_prefix("./", path) {
-                    path = p;
-                }
-                if self.args.mmap() {
-                    self.search_mmap(printer, path, &file)
-                } else {
-                    self.search(printer, path, file)
-                }
-            }
         };
         match result {
             Ok(count) => {