diff --git a/src/cmd_init.zig b/src/cmd_init.zig
index a4061e50e765c9b8833a20029059667bab18f2a1..d8a1f9d98aedaf41977c85d3e5c400fa18126768 100644
--- a/src/cmd_init.zig
+++ b/src/cmd_init.zig
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ fn detect_pkgname(def: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
 
 fn detct_mainfile(def: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
     if (def.len > 0) {
-        if (u.does_file_exist(def)) {
+        if (try u.does_file_exist(def)) {
             if (std.mem.endsWith(u8, def, ".zig")) {
                 return def;
             }
         }
     }
-    std.debug.assert(u.does_file_exist("./src/main.zig"));
+    std.debug.assert(try u.does_file_exist("./src/main.zig"));
     return "src/main.zig";
 }
diff --git a/src/util/funcs.zig b/src/util/funcs.zig
index 05d82bff573d2913dde7a1359229674e9b394819..118543164d75eae76a6a60e9072166c8756a8d38 100644
--- a/src/util/funcs.zig
+++ b/src/util/funcs.zig
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ pub fn trim_prefix(in: []const u8, prefix: []const u8) []const u8 {
     return in;
 }
 
-pub fn does_file_exist(fpath: []const u8) bool {
-    const abs_path = std.fs.realpathAlloc(gpa, fpath) catch unreachable;
+pub fn does_file_exist(fpath: []const u8) !bool {
+    const abs_path = try std.fs.realpathAlloc(gpa, fpath);
     const file = std.fs.openFileAbsolute(abs_path, .{}) catch |e| switch (e) {
         error.FileNotFound => return false,
-        else => unreachable,
+        else => return e,
     };
     file.close();
     return true;