diff --git a/src/python/jw/pkg/cmds/secrets/lib/DistroContext.py b/src/python/jw/pkg/cmds/secrets/lib/DistroContext.py
index ea2ce814..1e6ede82 100644
--- a/src/python/jw/pkg/cmds/secrets/lib/DistroContext.py
+++ b/src/python/jw/pkg/cmds/secrets/lib/DistroContext.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class DistroContext(FilesContext):
         ret = []
         for tmpl in await self.list_template_files(packages):
             path = str(Path(tmpl).with_suffix(".jw-secret"))
-            if ignore_missing and not self.ctx.file_exists(path):
+            if ignore_missing and not await self.ctx.file_exists(path):
                 continue
             ret.append(path)
         return ret
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class DistroContext(FilesContext):
         ret = []
         for tmpl in await self.list_template_files(packages):
             path = tmpl.removesuffix('.jw-tmpl')
-            if ignore_missing and not self.ctx.file_exists(path):
+            if ignore_missing and not await self.ctx.file_exists(path):
                 continue
             ret.append(path)
         return ret
diff --git a/src/python/jw/pkg/lib/FileContext.py b/src/python/jw/pkg/lib/FileContext.py
index 33720770..df6034e1 100644
--- a/src/python/jw/pkg/lib/FileContext.py
+++ b/src/python/jw/pkg/lib/FileContext.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class FileContext(abc.ABC):
 
     async def _file_exists(self, path: str) -> bool:
         try:
-            self._stat(path, False)
+            await self._stat(path, False)
         except FileNotFoundError as e:
             log(DEBUG, f'Could not stat file {path} ({str(e)}), ignored')
             return False
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class FileContext(abc.ABC):
         return True
 
     async def file_exists(self, path: str) -> bool:
-        return self._file_exists(path)
+        return await self._file_exists(path)
 
     async def _is_dir(self, path: str) -> bool:
         try: