diff --git a/src/helpViewer/helpPreviewer.ts b/src/helpViewer/helpPreviewer.ts
index 006427bb5..75268f7da 100644
--- a/src/helpViewer/helpPreviewer.ts
+++ b/src/helpViewer/helpPreviewer.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export class RLocalHelpPreviewer {
 
     private readonly dummyPackageName: string;
 
-    constructor(options: RHelpPreviewerOptions, packageDir: string, unnamedId: number = 1){
+    constructor(options: RHelpPreviewerOptions, packageDir: string, unnamedId: number = 1) {
         this.packageDir = packageDir;
         this.descriptionPath = path.join(this.packageDir, 'DESCRIPTION');
         this.manDir = path.join(this.packageDir, 'man');
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index ce4872b2e..0d8ef7995 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -621,18 +621,18 @@ export function readdirSyncSafe(
 
 export function statSyncSafe(path: fs.PathLike): fs.Stats | undefined {
     try {
-        return fs.statSync(path);
+        return fs.statSync(path, { throwIfNoEntry: false });
     } catch (e) {
-
+        return undefined;
     }
 }
 
 export function isDirSafe(path: fs.PathLike): boolean {
-    return !!fs.statSync(path, {throwIfNoEntry: false})?.isDirectory();
+    return !!statSyncSafe(path)?.isDirectory();
 }
 
 export function isFileSafe(path: fs.PathLike): boolean {
-    return !!fs.statSync(path, {throwIfNoEntry: false})?.isFile();
+    return !!statSyncSafe(path)?.isFile();
 }
 
 // Keeps only the unique entries in an array, optionally with a custom comparison function