diff --git a/internal/agent/tools/ls.go b/internal/agent/tools/ls.go
index 7725910c11675c941d791a6ec5d57a190535ee9e..2a6627741256339a319ec734c4ff766b041e5670 100644
--- a/internal/agent/tools/ls.go
+++ b/internal/agent/tools/ls.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func NewLsTool(permissions permission.Service, workingDir string, lsConfig confi
 
 			output, metadata, err := ListDirectoryTree(searchPath, params, lsConfig)
 			if err != nil {
-				return fantasy.NewTextErrorResponse(err.Error()), err
+				return fantasy.NewTextErrorResponse(err.Error()), nil
 			}
 
 			return fantasy.WithResponseMetadata(