diff --git a/External/FEXCore/Source/Common/Paths.cpp b/External/FEXCore/Source/Common/Paths.cpp
index 598bf245cb..9e5125110f 100644
--- a/External/FEXCore/Source/Common/Paths.cpp
+++ b/External/FEXCore/Source/Common/Paths.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace FEXCore::Paths {
 
     std::error_code ec{};
     // Ensure the folder structure is created for our Data
-    if (!std::filesystem::exists(*EntryCache) &&
+    if (!std::filesystem::exists(*EntryCache, ec) &&
         !std::filesystem::create_directories(*EntryCache, ec)) {
       LogMan::Msg::D("Couldn't create EntryCache directory: '%s'", EntryCache->c_str());
     }
diff --git a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Config/Config.cpp b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Config/Config.cpp
index 7b8d8eea47..e02ff8776c 100644
--- a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Config/Config.cpp
+++ b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Config/Config.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace FEXCore::Config {
 
       // Ensure the folder structure is created for our configuration
       std::error_code ec{};
-      if (!std::filesystem::exists(ConfigDir) &&
+      if (!std::filesystem::exists(ConfigDir, ec) &&
           !std::filesystem::create_directories(ConfigDir, ec)) {
         // Let's go local in this case
         return "./";
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ namespace FEXCore::Config {
 
     std::error_code ec{};
     if (!Global &&
-        !std::filesystem::exists(ConfigFile) &&
+        !std::filesystem::exists(ConfigFile, ec) &&
         !std::filesystem::create_directories(ConfigFile, ec)) {
       LogMan::Msg::D("Couldn't create config directory: '%s'", ConfigFile.c_str());
       // Let's go local in this case
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ namespace FEXCore::Config {
 
     // Attempt to create the local folder if it doesn't exist
     if (!Global &&
-        !std::filesystem::exists(ConfigFile) &&
+        !std::filesystem::exists(ConfigFile, ec) &&
         !std::filesystem::create_directories(ConfigFile, ec)) {
       // Let's go local in this case
       return "./" + Filename + ".json";
@@ -274,7 +274,8 @@ namespace FEXCore::Config {
       Path = std::filesystem::absolute(Path);
 
       // Only return if it exists
-      if (std::filesystem::exists(Path)) {
+      std::error_code ec{};
+      if (std::filesystem::exists(Path, ec)) {
         return Path;
       }
     }
@@ -310,7 +311,8 @@ namespace FEXCore::Config {
       else if (!PathName().empty()) {
         // If the filesystem doesn't exist then let's see if it exists in the fex-emu folder
         std::string NamedRootFS = GetDataDirectory() + "RootFS/" + PathName();
-        if (std::filesystem::exists(NamedRootFS)) {
+        std::error_code ec{};
+        if (std::filesystem::exists(NamedRootFS, ec)) {
           FEXCore::Config::EraseSet(FEXCore::Config::CONFIG_ROOTFS, NamedRootFS);
         }
       }
@@ -333,7 +335,8 @@ namespace FEXCore::Config {
       else if (!PathName().empty()) {
         // If the filesystem doesn't exist then let's see if it exists in the fex-emu folder
         std::string NamedConfig = GetDataDirectory() + "ThunkConfigs/" + PathName();
-        if (std::filesystem::exists(NamedConfig)) {
+        std::error_code ec{};
+        if (std::filesystem::exists(NamedConfig, ec)) {
           FEXCore::Config::EraseSet(FEXCore::Config::CONFIG_THUNKCONFIG, NamedConfig);
         }
       }
diff --git a/Source/Common/RootFSSetup.cpp b/Source/Common/RootFSSetup.cpp
index 9b4e6ce9df..0049b0aa8f 100644
--- a/Source/Common/RootFSSetup.cpp
+++ b/Source/Common/RootFSSetup.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ static std::fstream SquashFSLock{};
 bool SanityCheckPath(std::string const &LDPath) {
 // Check if we have an directory inside our temp folder
   std::string PathUser = LDPath + "/usr";
-  if (!std::filesystem::exists(PathUser)) {
+  std::error_code ec{};
+  if (!std::filesystem::exists(PathUser, ec)) {
     LogMan::Msg::D("Child couldn't mount rootfs, /usr doesn't exist");
     rmdir(LDPath.c_str());
     return false;
@@ -33,7 +34,8 @@ bool SanityCheckPath(std::string const &LDPath) {
 bool CheckLockExists(std::string const LockPath) {
   // If the lock file for a squashfs path exists the we can try
   // to open it and ref counting will keep it alive
-  if (std::filesystem::exists(LockPath)) {
+  std::error_code ec{};
+  if (std::filesystem::exists(LockPath, ec)) {
     SquashFSLock.open(LockPath, std::ios_base::in | std::ios_base::binary);
     if (SquashFSLock.is_open()) {
       // We managed to open the file. Which means the mount application has now refcounted our interaction with it
diff --git a/Source/Linux/Utils/ELFContainer.cpp b/Source/Linux/Utils/ELFContainer.cpp
index aa9330b7bb..f57b1cfc0b 100644
--- a/Source/Linux/Utils/ELFContainer.cpp
+++ b/Source/Linux/Utils/ELFContainer.cpp
@@ -95,11 +95,12 @@ ELFContainer::ELFContainer(std::string const &Filename, std::string const &RootF
       RawString = &RawFile.at(InterpreterHeader._64->p_offset);
     }
     std::string RootFSLink = RootFS + RawString;
-    while (std::filesystem::is_symlink(RootFSLink)) {
+    std::error_code ec{};
+    while (std::filesystem::is_symlink(RootFSLink, ec)) {
       // Do some special handling if the RootFS's linker is a symlink
       // Ubuntu's rootFS by default provides an absolute location symlink to the linker
       // Resolve this around back to the rootfs
-      auto SymlinkTarget = std::filesystem::read_symlink(RootFSLink);
+      auto SymlinkTarget = std::filesystem::read_symlink(RootFSLink, ec);
       if (SymlinkTarget.is_absolute()) {
         RootFSLink = RootFS + SymlinkTarget.string();
       }
diff --git a/Source/Tests/FEXLoader.cpp b/Source/Tests/FEXLoader.cpp
index e7f0a4caf8..3d457b5b32 100644
--- a/Source/Tests/FEXLoader.cpp
+++ b/Source/Tests/FEXLoader.cpp
@@ -165,9 +165,11 @@ bool RanAsInterpreter(char *Program) {
 bool IsInterpreterInstalled() {
   // The interpreter is installed if both the binfmt_misc handlers are available
   // Or if we were originally executed with FD. Which means the interpreter is installed
+
+  std::error_code ec{};
   return ExecutedWithFD ||
-         (std::filesystem::exists("/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/FEX-x86") &&
-         std::filesystem::exists("/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/FEX-x86_64"));
+         (std::filesystem::exists("/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/FEX-x86", ec) &&
+         std::filesystem::exists("/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/FEX-x86_64", ec));
 }
 
 void AOTGenSection(FEXCore::Context::Context *CTX, ELFCodeLoader2::LoadedSection &Section) {
@@ -409,7 +411,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **const envp) {
 
   InterpreterHandler(&Program, LDPath(), &Args);
 
-  if (!std::filesystem::exists(Program)) {
+  std::error_code ec{};
+  if (!std::filesystem::exists(Program, ec)) {
     // Early exit if the program passed in doesn't exist
     // Will prevent a crash later
     fprintf(stderr, "%s: command not found\n", Program.c_str());
@@ -548,7 +551,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **const envp) {
     FEXCore::Context::RunUntilExit(CTX);
   }
 
-  std::error_code ec{};
   if (std::filesystem::create_directories(std::filesystem::path(FEXCore::Config::GetDataDirectory()) / "aotir", ec)) {
     FEXCore::Context::WriteFilesWithCode(CTX, [](const std::string& fileid, const std::string& filename) {
       auto filepath = std::filesystem::path(FEXCore::Config::GetDataDirectory()) / "aotir" / (fileid + ".path");
diff --git a/Source/Tools/FEXConfig/Main.cpp b/Source/Tools/FEXConfig/Main.cpp
index 7d53448a23..29142985c1 100644
--- a/Source/Tools/FEXConfig/Main.cpp
+++ b/Source/Tools/FEXConfig/Main.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ namespace {
   }
 
   bool OpenFile(std::string Filename,  bool LoadDefault = false) {
-    if (!std::filesystem::exists(Filename)) {
+    std::error_code ec{};
+    if (!std::filesystem::exists(Filename, ec)) {
       if (LoadDefault) {
         LoadDefaultSettings();
         ConfigFilename = Filename;
@@ -98,9 +99,10 @@ namespace {
     std::scoped_lock<std::mutex> lk{NamedRootFSUpdator};
     NamedRootFS.clear();
     std::string RootFS = FEXCore::Config::GetDataDirectory() + "RootFS/";
-    if (!std::filesystem::exists(RootFS)) {
+    std::error_code ec{};
+    if (!std::filesystem::exists(RootFS, ec)) {
       // Doesn't exist, create the the folder as a user convenience
-      if (!std::filesystem::create_directories(RootFS)) {
+      if (!std::filesystem::create_directories(RootFS, ec)) {
         // Well I guess we failed
         return;
       }