diff --git a/cudir.cc b/cudir.cc
index 57317b4..1a74dcc 100644
--- a/cudir.cc
+++ b/cudir.cc
@@ -38,7 +38,19 @@ getEntries( const std::filesystem::path where )
 		const auto time_since_midnight= day - time;
 		const std::chrono::hh_mm_ss time_of_day{ std::chrono::floor< std::chrono::minutes >( time_since_midnight ) };
 
-		entries.push_back( Entry{ entry.path().filename(), drwx( entry ), entry.is_directory() ? 0 : file_size( entry.path() ),
+		auto get_file_size= []( auto &path )
+		{
+			try
+			{
+				return file_size( path );
+			}
+			catch( const std::filesystem::filesystem_error & )
+			{
+				return 0ul;
+			}
+		};
+
+		entries.push_back( Entry{ entry.path().filename(), drwx( entry ), entry.is_directory() ? 0 : get_file_size( entry.path() ),
 				static_cast< int >( ymd.year() ), static_cast< unsigned >( ymd.month() ), static_cast< unsigned >( ymd.day() ),
 				time_of_day.hours().count(), time_of_day.minutes().count(),
 				entry.is_directory(), is_exe( entry ) } );