diff --git a/src/main/script-manager.ts b/src/main/script-manager.ts
index 3384110..6ac17ae 100644
--- a/src/main/script-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/script-manager.ts
@@ -861,17 +861,9 @@ export class ScriptManager {
         downloadFile: (remoteFilePath, localFilePath, options) =>
           execAsync("remote download file", options?.ignoreErrors, async () => {
             // check
-            try {
-              const stats = await remote.connection.sftp.exists(remoteFilePath);
-              if (stats == null || !stats.isFile()) {
-                throw new Error("File on remote does not exists or is not a file");
-              }
-            } catch (err) {
-              if (err == "No such file") {
-                throw new Error("File on remote does not exists");
-              } else {
-                throw err;
-              }
+            const stats = await remote.connection.sftp.exists(remoteFilePath);
+            if (stats == null || !stats.isFile()) {
+              throw new Error("File on remote does not exists or is not a file");
             }
             if (options?.overwrite !== true) {
               if (fs.existsSync(localFilePath)) {
@@ -888,15 +880,9 @@ export class ScriptManager {
               throw new Error("Source local file does not exists");
             }
             if (options?.overwrite !== true) {
-              try {
-                const stats = await remote.connection.sftp.exists(remoteFilePath);
-                if (stats) {
-                  throw new Error("Target remote file already exists");
-                }
-              } catch (err) {
-                if (err != "No such file") {
-                  throw err;
-                }
+              const stats = await remote.connection.sftp.exists(remoteFilePath);
+              if (stats) {
+                throw new Error("Target remote file already exists");
               }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/main/ssh2-promise/src/sftp.ts b/src/main/ssh2-promise/src/sftp.ts
index cb0b35a..1d8cd05 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh2-promise/src/sftp.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh2-promise/src/sftp.ts
@@ -119,14 +119,14 @@ export class SFTP extends BaseSFTP {
   /** returns whether given path exists */
   public async exists(path: string): Promise<Stats | null> {
     try {
-      const stats = await this.stat(path);
+      const stats = await this.lstat(path);
       if (stats) {
         return stats;
       } else {
         throw new Error("No stats and no error");
       }
     } catch (err) {
-      if (err && (err.code === "ENOENT" || err.code == 2)) {
+      if (err?.code === "ENOENT" || err?.code == 2 || err == "No such file") {
         return null;
       } else {
         throw err;