diff --git a/bin/cli.js b/bin/cli.js
index 295516f1..cc286d6f 100755
--- a/bin/cli.js
+++ b/bin/cli.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-var fs = require('fs')
+var realFs = require('fs')
+var gracefulFs = require('graceful-fs')
+gracefulFs.gracefulify(realFs)
 var mkdirp = require('mkdirp')
 var usage = require('../usage')
 var Dat = require('dat-js')
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ function isDatLink (val, quiet) {
 
 function isDirectory (val, quiet) {
   try {
-    return fs.statSync(val).isDirectory() // TODO: support sharing single files
+    return gracefulFs.statSync(val).isDirectory() // TODO: support sharing single files
   } catch (err) {
     if (quiet) return false
     onerror('Directory does not exist')
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5b904222..4c6b87b7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     "datland-swarm-defaults": "^1.0.2",
     "discovery-swarm": "^4.0.2",
     "dns-discovery": "^5.3.4",
+    "graceful-fs": "^4.1.10",
     "memdb": "^1.3.1",
     "minimist": "^1.2.0",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",