diff --git a/lib/kv-store.mjs b/lib/kv-store.mjs
index 4d7a003..a2d096c 100644
--- a/lib/kv-store.mjs
+++ b/lib/kv-store.mjs
@@ -151,12 +151,14 @@ export class Simple_KeyValue_Store {
 
 	load() {
 		const { data, storage_path } = this;
-		if (!fs.existsSync(storage_path)) {
-			return;
+		let file_contents;
+		try {
+			file_contents = fs.readFileSync(storage_path, 'utf-8');
+		} catch (e) {
+			if (e.code === 'ENOENT') { return; }
+			throw e;
 		}
 
-		const file_contents = fs.readFileSync(storage_path, 'utf-8');
-
 		for (const line of file_contents.split('\n')) {
 			if (!line) continue;
 			const [key, value] = JSON.parse(line);