diff --git a/src/util/funcs.zig b/src/util/funcs.zig
index 118543164d75eae76a6a60e9072166c8756a8d38..8cc3dc4cba7b60f44b2f823f82d4c201b0e0702f 100644
--- a/src/util/funcs.zig
+++ b/src/util/funcs.zig
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ pub fn trim_prefix(in: []const u8, prefix: []const u8) []const u8 {
 }
 
 pub fn does_file_exist(fpath: []const u8) !bool {
-    const abs_path = try std.fs.realpathAlloc(gpa, fpath);
+    const abs_path = std.fs.realpathAlloc(gpa, fpath) catch |e| switch (e) {
+        error.FileNotFound => return false,
+        else => return e,
+    };
     const file = std.fs.openFileAbsolute(abs_path, .{}) catch |e| switch (e) {
         error.FileNotFound => return false,
         else => return e,