From f3e2a42c29778f242e098e4fad940f6df00789ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2021 20:59:54 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #3400

---
 kitty/tabs.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kitty/tabs.py b/kitty/tabs.py
index 37e3548c3..ca2f0f445 100644
--- a/kitty/tabs.py
+++ b/kitty/tabs.py
@@ -745,7 +745,10 @@ class TabManager:  # {{{
 
     def remove(self, tab: Tab) -> None:
         self._remove_tab(tab)
-        active_tab_needs_to_change = self.active_tab is None or self.active_tab is tab
+        try:
+            active_tab_needs_to_change = self.active_tab is None or self.active_tab is tab
+        except IndexError:
+            active_tab_needs_to_change = True
         while True:
             try:
                 self.active_tab_history.remove(tab.id)