diff --git a/editor/EditorWidget.cpp b/editor/EditorWidget.cpp
index 833e7076..901c3058 100644
--- a/editor/EditorWidget.cpp
+++ b/editor/EditorWidget.cpp
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ EditorWidget::EditorWidget(SharedPtr<ui::Font> font) : ui::TextInput(), m_font(f
 Result<void> EditorWidget::load_file(const os::Path& path)
 {
     struct stat st;
-    TRY(os::FileSystem::stat(path, st, true));
+    auto rc = os::FileSystem::stat(path, st, true);
 
-    if (!S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
+    if (!rc.has_error() && !S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
     {
         os::eprintln("editor: not loading %s as it is not a regular file", path.name().chars());
         return {};