diff --git a/src/watchedpath.vala b/src/watchedpath.vala
index 4f1ab11..cdff5c7 100644
--- a/src/watchedpath.vala
+++ b/src/watchedpath.vala
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ namespace onchanged {
                 FileInfo info;
                 while ((info = enumerator.next_file()) != null) {
                     var f = dir.resolve_relative_path(info.get_name());
-                    if (info.get_file_type() == FileType.DIRECTORY) {
+                    var ftype = f.query_file_type(FileQueryInfoFlags.NONE);
+                    if (ftype == FileType.DIRECTORY) {
                         watch(f);
                         watch_children(f);
                     }
diff --git a/src/watchlist.vala b/src/watchlist.vala
index c562b90..06e0b05 100644
--- a/src/watchlist.vala
+++ b/src/watchlist.vala
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ namespace onchanged {
                 FileInfo info;
                 while ((info = enumerator.next_file()) != null) {
                     var f = dir.resolve_relative_path(info.get_name());
-                    if (info.get_file_type() == FileType.DIRECTORY) {
+                    var ftype = f.query_file_type(FileQueryInfoFlags.NONE);
+                    if (ftype == FileType.DIRECTORY) {
                         read_config_dir(f);
                     } else {
                         read_config(f.get_path());