diff --git a/copyparty/bos/path.py b/copyparty/bos/path.py
index ec5ca16d..6a77cb6e 100644
--- a/copyparty/bos/path.py
+++ b/copyparty/bos/path.py
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ def getsize(p):
     return os.path.getsize(fsenc(p))
 
 
+def isfile(p):
+    return os.path.isfile(fsenc(p))
+
+
 def isdir(p):
     return os.path.isdir(fsenc(p))
 
diff --git a/copyparty/mtag.py b/copyparty/mtag.py
index 9a5e5066..9d86b14f 100644
--- a/copyparty/mtag.py
+++ b/copyparty/mtag.py
@@ -413,6 +413,9 @@ class MTag(object):
         return r1
 
     def get_mutagen(self, abspath):
+        if not bos.path.isfile(abspath):
+            return {}
+
         import mutagen
 
         try:
@@ -458,10 +461,16 @@ class MTag(object):
         return self.normalize_tags(ret, md)
 
     def get_ffprobe(self, abspath):
+        if not bos.path.isfile(abspath):
+            return {}
+
         ret, md = ffprobe(abspath)
         return self.normalize_tags(ret, md)
 
     def get_bin(self, parsers, abspath):
+        if not bos.path.isfile(abspath):
+            return {}
+
         pypath = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
         pypath = [str(pypath)] + [str(x) for x in sys.path if x]
         pypath = str(os.pathsep.join(pypath))
diff --git a/copyparty/up2k.py b/copyparty/up2k.py
index 95670edf..e84a2e3b 100644
--- a/copyparty/up2k.py
+++ b/copyparty/up2k.py
@@ -998,7 +998,10 @@ class Up2k(object):
             except Exception as ex:
                 msg = "failed to read tags from {}:\n{}"
                 self.log(msg.format(abspath, ex), c=3)
-                return
+                return 0
+
+        if not bos.path.isfile(abspath):
+            return 0
 
         if entags:
             tags = {k: v for k, v in tags.items() if k in entags}