diff --git a/src/browser/atom-protocol-handler.coffee b/src/browser/atom-protocol-handler.coffee
index 24fafd647..51806379b 100644
--- a/src/browser/atom-protocol-handler.coffee
+++ b/src/browser/atom-protocol-handler.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 app = require 'app'
-fs = require 'fs'
+fs = require 'fs-plus'
 path = require 'path'
 protocol = require 'protocol'
 
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ class AtomProtocolHandler
       relativePath = path.normalize(request.url.substr(7))
       for loadPath in @loadPaths
         filePath = path.join(loadPath, relativePath)
-        break if fs.statSyncNoException(filePath)?
+        break if fs.isFileSync(filePath)
       return new protocol.RequestFileJob(filePath)