diff --git a/qml/ClideEditor.qml b/qml/ClideEditor.qml
index fc89e6e..8a14eb3 100644
--- a/qml/ClideEditor.qml
+++ b/qml/ClideEditor.qml
@@ -35,31 +35,36 @@ SplitView {
         // extend the available height.
         Flickable {
             id: lineNumbers
-
             Layout.fillHeight: true
             Layout.fillWidth: false
-
-            // Calculate the width based on the logarithmic scale.
+            // Calculating the width correctly is important as the number grows.
+            // We need to ensure space required to show N line number digits.
+            // We use log10 to find how many digits are needed in a line number.
+            // log10(9) ~= .95; log10(10) = 1.0; log10(100) = 2.0  ...etc
+            // We +1 to ensure space for at least 1 digit, as floor(1.95) = 1.
+            // The +10 is additional spacing and can be adjusted.
             Layout.preferredWidth: fontMetrics.averageCharacterWidth * (Math.floor(Math.log10(textArea.lineCount)) + 1) + 10
             contentY: editorFlickable.contentY
             interactive: false
-            visible: true
 
             Column {
                 anchors.fill: parent
-                topPadding: 6
+                topPadding: textArea.topPadding
 
                 Repeater {
                     id: repeatedLineNumbers
+                    // TODO: Bug where text wrapping shows as new line number.
+                    model: textArea.lineCount
 
-                    // Each line number in the gutter.
+                    // This Item is used for each line number in the gutter.
                     delegate: Item {
-                        required property int index
-
-                        // Calculate the height of each line in the text area.
+                        // Calculates the height of each line in the text area.
                         height: textArea.contentHeight / textArea.lineCount
                         width: parent.width
 
+                        required property int index
+
+                        // Show the line number.
                         Label {
                             id: numbers
 
@@ -69,8 +74,9 @@ SplitView {
                             horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignLeft
                             text: parent.index + 1
                             verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
-                            width: parent.width
+                            width: parent.width - indicator.width
                         }
+                        // Draw edge along the right side of the line number.
                         Rectangle {
                             id: indicator
 
@@ -80,14 +86,11 @@ SplitView {
                             width: 1
                         }
                     }
-                    // TODO: Bug where text wrapping shows as new line number.
-                    model: textArea.lineCount
                 }
             }
         }
         Flickable {
             id: editorFlickable
-
             Layout.fillHeight: true
             Layout.fillWidth: true
             boundsBehavior: Flickable.StopAtBounds
@@ -97,6 +100,7 @@ SplitView {
             }
             ScrollBar.vertical: MyScrollBar {
             }
+
             TextArea.flickable: TextArea {
                 id: textArea
 
@@ -104,8 +108,8 @@ SplitView {
                 focus: true
                 persistentSelection: true
                 selectByMouse: true
-                // selectedTextColor: RustColors.editor_highlighted_text
-                // selectionColor: RustColors.editor_highlight
+                selectedTextColor: RustColors.editor_highlighted_text
+                selectionColor: RustColors.editor_highlight
                 textFormat: Qt.AutoText
                 wrapMode: TextArea.Wrap
                 text: FileSystem.readFile(root.filePath)
diff --git a/src/colors.rs b/src/colors.rs
index 815630e..d113109 100644
--- a/src/colors.rs
+++ b/src/colors.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ impl Default for RustColorsImpl {
             active: QColor::try_from("#a9acb0").unwrap(),
             inactive: QColor::try_from("#FFF").unwrap(),
             editor_background: QColor::try_from("#2b2b2b").unwrap(),
-            editor_text: QColor::try_from("#ccced3").unwrap(),
+            editor_text: QColor::try_from("#acaea3").unwrap(),
             editor_highlighted_text: QColor::try_from("#ccced3").unwrap(),
             editor_highlight: QColor::try_from("#ccced3").unwrap(),
             gutter: QColor::try_from("#1e1f22").unwrap(),
diff --git a/src/filesystem.rs b/src/filesystem.rs
index 540bcbe..fc99f67 100644
--- a/src/filesystem.rs
+++ b/src/filesystem.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ pub mod qobject {
 use cxx_qt_lib::{QModelIndex, QString};
 use dirs;
 use std::fs;
+use std::fs::FileType;
+use log::warn;
 
 // TODO: Impleent a provider for QFileSystemModel::setIconProvider for icons.
 pub struct FileSystemImpl {
@@ -64,11 +66,20 @@ impl qobject::FileSystem {
         if path.is_empty() {
             return QString::default();
         }
-        // TODO: What if the file is binary or something horrible?
-        QString::from(
-            fs::read_to_string(path.to_string())
-                .expect(format!("Failed to read file {}", path).as_str()),
-        )
+        // TODO: Use syntect for syntax highlighting?
+        //    https://github.com/trishume/syntect/blob/master/examples/syncat.rs
+        if fs::metadata(path.to_string())
+            .expect(format!("Failed to get file metadata {}", path).as_str())
+            .is_file()
+        {
+            QString::from(
+                fs::read_to_string(path.to_string())
+                    .expect(format!("Failed to read file {}", path).as_str()),
+            )
+        } else {
+            warn!("Attempted to open file {} that is not a valid file", path);
+            QString::default()
+        }
     }
 
     // There will never be more than one column.