diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c2548ba..334f30a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # aemfed changelog
 
+## 0.0.3
+
+* Fix exception when specific files or a directory were removed
+
 ## 0.0.2
 
 ### Proxy multiple targets
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7c4691f..dca6df9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Once started, connect your browser to the local access URL and port provided by
 * Works best with a recent version of node/npm, but tested with node 6.x
 * Tested on AEM 6.1, 6.3 SP1 and 6.3 SP2
 
-## Isues
+## Issues
 
 * When sending a clientlib to BrowserSync that is not included in the page, all styling is reloaded. Issue in BrowserSync, will be fixed in future release: [#1505](https://github.com/BrowserSync/browser-sync/issues/1505)
 * Using ~ (homedir) in paths to watch does not work as expected when aemfed does all the path processing (paths are surrounded with quotes)
diff --git a/src/bs-wrapper.ts b/src/bs-wrapper.ts
index 421db9a..648aad0 100644
--- a/src/bs-wrapper.ts
+++ b/src/bs-wrapper.ts
@@ -471,8 +471,19 @@ export function reload(host: string, inputList: string[]): void {
         csstxtPaths.push(absolutePath);
       } else {
         // In packager special files are turned into dirs (.content.xml for example)
-        const stat = gfs.statSync(absolutePath);
-        if (stat.isDirectory()) {
+        let stat;
+        try {
+          stat = gfs.statSync(absolutePath);
+        } catch (err) {
+          if (err.code === "ENOENT") {
+            // File not found anymore, thread as special so libs are rebuild
+          } else {
+            // Report on other errors
+            console.error("Error:", absolutePath, err);
+          }
+        }
+
+        if (!stat || stat.isDirectory()) {
           specialPaths.push(absolutePath);
         } else {
           other = true;