diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 76af37d4b2..99ef1611fd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ version = "3.14.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7f30e7476521f6f8af1a1c4c0b8cc94f0bee37d91763d0ca2665f299b6cd8aec"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bytecount"
+version = "0.6.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "72feb31ffc86498dacdbd0fcebb56138e7177a8cc5cea4516031d15ae85a742e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
 version = "1.0.83"
@@ -264,7 +270,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossterm",
  "glob",
  "hashbrown 0.14.3",
- "home",
  "humansize",
  "ignore",
  "itertools 0.11.0",
@@ -406,15 +411,6 @@ version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d77f7ec81a6d05a3abb01ab6eb7590f6083d08449fe5a1c8b1e620283546ccb7"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "home"
-version = "0.5.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5444c27eef6923071f7ebcc33e3444508466a76f7a2b93da00ed6e19f30c1ddb"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-sys",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "humansize"
 version = "2.1.3"
@@ -1062,13 +1058,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tree_magic_mini"
-version = "3.1.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ffc72f26d1d99c2bf80e39944346b86ac2167a7afc5e8be4652b0ab085355d1b"
+version = "3.0.2"
+source = "git+https://github.com/Wilfred/tree_magic?branch=fix-panic-for-empty-strings#13dd6dda15c7062bd8f7dd5bc9bb5b16ce9ee613"
 dependencies = [
+ "bytecount",
  "fnv",
- "home",
- "memchr",
+ "lazy_static",
  "nom",
  "once_cell",
  "petgraph",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ccdd102203..5bff08374d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -64,11 +64,7 @@ const_format = "0.2.22"
 owo-colors = "3.5.0"
 wu-diff = "0.1.2"
 rayon = "1.7.0"
-
-tree_magic_mini = "3.1.3"
-# home (used by tree_magic_mini) 0.5.9 has an MSRV of 1.70.
-home = ">= 0.5, < 0.5.9"
-
+tree_magic_mini = "3.0.2"
 # bumpalo 3.15 requires rust 1.65
 bumpalo = ">= 3.11, < 3.15"
 unicode-width = "0.1.9"
@@ -104,3 +100,7 @@ name = "difft"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [features]
+
+[patch.crates-io]
+# https://github.com/mbrubeck/tree_magic/pull/13 hasn't been merged yet.
+tree_magic_mini = { git = 'https://github.com/Wilfred/tree_magic', branch = 'fix-panic-for-empty-strings' }