diff --git a/src/provider/local.ts b/src/provider/local.ts
index 8cb79b6..6549f98 100644
--- a/src/provider/local.ts
+++ b/src/provider/local.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ async function localJson<T>(comicId: string, path: string): Promise<T | null> {
     if (parsed === null) return null;
     const [providerKey, id] = parsed;
     const pth = dataPath(`comics/${providerKey}/${id}/${path}`);
-    if (!pathExists(pth)) return null;
+    if (!await pathExists(pth)) return null;
 
     return JSON.parse(await FileSystem.readAsStringAsync(pth));
 }
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ async function localJson<T>(comicId: string, path: string): Promise<T | null> {
 const localProvider: LocalProvider = {
     async listComics() {
         const directory = dataPath('comics/');
-        if (!pathExists(directory)) return [];
+        if (!await pathExists(directory)) return [];
         const providers = await FileSystem.readDirectoryAsync(directory) as NonLocalProviderKey[];
         const comics: LocalComicMetadata[] = [];
         for (const provider of providers) {