diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 435d322..8370354 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ const appendHeaders = (target, source) => {
 	}
 };
 
-const getHeaders = async (handlers, customHeaders = [], {relative, absolute}) => {
+const getHeaders = async (handlers, customHeaders = [], relativePath, stats) => {
 	const related = {};
 
 	if (customHeaders.length > 0) {
@@ -119,16 +119,14 @@ const getHeaders = async (handlers, customHeaders = [], {relative, absolute}) =>
 		for (let index = 0; index < customHeaders.length; index++) {
 			const {source, headers} = customHeaders[index];
 
-			if (sourceMatches(source, relative)) {
+			if (sourceMatches(source, relativePath)) {
 				appendHeaders(related, headers);
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	const stats = await handlers.stat(absolute);
-
 	const defaultHeaders = {
-		'Content-Type': mime.getType(relative),
+		'Content-Type': mime.getType(relativePath),
 		'Last-Modified': stats.mtime.toUTCString(),
 		'Content-Length': stats.size
 	};
@@ -142,8 +140,8 @@ module.exports = async (request, response, config = {}, methods = {}) => {
 	const handlers = getHandlers(methods);
 
 	const {pathname} = url.parse(request.url);
-	const rewrittenURL = applyRewrites(pathname, config.rewrites);
-	const redirect = shouldRedirect(rewrittenURL, config.redirects);
+	const relativePath = applyRewrites(decodeURIComponent(pathname), config.rewrites);
+	const redirect = shouldRedirect(relativePath, config.redirects);
 
 	if (redirect) {
 		response.writeHead(redirect.statusCode, {
@@ -153,21 +151,35 @@ module.exports = async (request, response, config = {}, methods = {}) => {
 		response.end();
 	}
 
-	const related = decodeURIComponent(path.join(current, rewrittenURL));
-	const relatedExists = await fs.exists(related);
+	const absolutePath = path.join(current, relativePath);
+	let stats = null;
 
-	if (relatedExists) {
-		const headers = await getHeaders(handlers, config.headers, {
-			relative: rewrittenURL,
-			absolute: related
-		});
+	try {
+		stats = await handlers.stat(absolutePath);
+	} catch (err) {
+		if (err.code !== 'ENOENT') {
+			response.statusCode = 500;
+			response.end(err.message);
 
-		response.writeHead(200, headers);
-		handlers.createReadStream(related).pipe(response);
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!stats) {
+		response.statusCode = 404;
+		response.end('Not Found');
 
 		return;
 	}
 
-	response.statusCode = 404;
-	response.end('Not Found');
+	const headers = await getHeaders(handlers, config.headers, relativePath, stats);
+
+	if (stats.isFile()) {
+		response.writeHead(200, headers);
+		handlers.createReadStream(absolutePath).pipe(response);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	response.statusCode = 200;
+	response.end('Directory');
 };