diff --git a/src/filesystem.cc b/src/filesystem.cc
index be32b081..541bdfcb 100644
--- a/src/filesystem.cc
+++ b/src/filesystem.cc
@@ -13,21 +13,25 @@ static void GetFilesInFolderHelper(
   std::queue<std::pair<fs::path, fs::path>> q;
   q.emplace(fs::path(folder), fs::path(output_prefix));
   while (!q.empty()) {
-    for (auto it = fs::directory_iterator(q.front().first); it != fs::directory_iterator(); ++it) {
-      auto path = it->path();
-      std::string filename = path.filename();
-      if (filename[0] != '.' || filename == ".ccls") {
-        fs::file_status status = it->symlink_status();
-        if (fs::is_regular_file(status))
-          handler(q.front().second / filename);
-        else if (fs::is_directory(status) || fs::is_symlink(status)) {
-          if (recursive) {
-            std::string child_dir = q.front().second / filename;
-            if (fs::is_directory(status))
-              q.push(make_pair(path, child_dir));
+    try {
+      for (auto it = fs::directory_iterator(q.front().first);
+           it != fs::directory_iterator(); ++it) {
+        auto path = it->path();
+        std::string filename = path.filename();
+        if (filename[0] != '.' || filename == ".ccls") {
+          fs::file_status status = it->symlink_status();
+          if (fs::is_regular_file(status))
+            handler(q.front().second / filename);
+          else if (fs::is_directory(status) || fs::is_symlink(status)) {
+            if (recursive) {
+              std::string child_dir = q.front().second / filename;
+              if (fs::is_directory(status))
+                q.push(make_pair(path, child_dir));
+            }
           }
         }
       }
+    } catch (fs::filesystem_error&) {
     }
     q.pop();
   }