diff --git a/lib/reload-server.js b/lib/reload-server.js
index fd0c54c..f9e02ee 100644
--- a/lib/reload-server.js
+++ b/lib/reload-server.js
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ router.get('/', function (req, res, next) {
   // Create the start page path.
   var startFile = path.join(dir, startPage)
 
-  fs.exists(startFile, function (itDoes) {
-    // If the start page exists send the reload-client code to the HTML.
-    if (itDoes) {
-      sendhtml(startFile, res)
-    } else {
-      // Else the start page doesn't exist (whether it's the deault index.html or specified).
+  fs.access(startFile, function (err) {
+    // If the start page doesn't exist (whether it's the deault index.html or specified).
+    if (err) {
       res.status(404).send("Can't find " + startPage)
+    } else {
+      // Else the start page exists send the reload-client code to the HTML.
+      sendhtml(startFile, res)
     }
   })
 })
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0b7dcef..c9d77ab 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "minimist": "~1.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "standard": "^7.1.2"
+    "standard": "^10.0.2"
   },
   "main": "./lib/reload.js",
   "scripts": {