diff --git a/src/util/funcs.zig b/src/util/funcs.zig
index 5fbeda3d09e3b16a949fa0c229245685df840429..e4362decc8112658a6672ea578a343cc9eaeb202 100644
--- a/src/util/funcs.zig
+++ b/src/util/funcs.zig
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ pub fn trim_prefix(in: []const u8, prefix: []const u8) []const u8 {
 pub fn does_file_exist(fpath: []const u8) !bool {
     const file = std.fs.cwd().openFile(fpath, .{}) catch |e| switch (e) {
         error.FileNotFound => return false,
+        error.IsDir => return true,
         else => return e,
     };
     defer file.close();
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ pub fn does_file_exist(fpath: []const u8) !bool {
 pub fn does_folder_exist(fpath: []const u8) !bool {
     const file = std.fs.cwd().openFile(fpath, .{}) catch |e| switch (e) {
         error.FileNotFound => return false,
+        error.IsDir => return true,
         else => return e,
     };
     defer file.close();