diff --git a/crates/headless/src/headless.rs b/crates/headless/src/headless.rs
index 60c9619182931949efa72c4a906963f600a36d25..0258b1370cf0b73656487c9bd35f888aa1b5d970 100644
--- a/crates/headless/src/headless.rs
+++ b/crates/headless/src/headless.rs
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ impl DevServer {
         let path = std::path::Path::new(&expanded);
         let fs = cx.read_model(&this, |this, _| this.app_state.fs.clone())?;
 
-        let path_exists = fs.is_dir(path).await;
+        let path_exists = fs.metadata(path).await.is_ok_and(|result| result.is_some());
         if !path_exists {
             return Err(anyhow!(ErrorCode::DevServerProjectPathDoesNotExist))?;
         }