diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 625ff72c..b2899f80 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ enable thumbnails (images/audio/video), media indexing, and audio transcoding by
 * **Alpine:** `apk add py3-pillow ffmpeg`
 * **Debian:** `apt install --no-install-recommends python3-pil ffmpeg`
 * **Fedora:** rpmfusion + `dnf install python3-pillow ffmpeg --allowerasing`
-* **FreeBSD:** `pkg install py39-sqlite3 py39-pillow ffmpeg`
+* **FreeBSD:** `pkg install py311-sqlite3 py311-pillow ffmpeg`
 * **MacOS:** `port install py-Pillow ffmpeg`
 * **MacOS** (alternative): `brew install pillow ffmpeg`
 * **Windows:** `python -m pip install --user -U Pillow`
diff --git a/tests/util.py b/tests/util.py
index 16701876..dd10201d 100644
--- a/tests/util.py
+++ b/tests/util.py
@@ -78,8 +78,10 @@ def get_ramdisk():
         return ret
 
     for vol in ["/dev/shm", "/Volumes/cptd"]:  # nosec (singleton test)
-        if os.path.exists(vol):
+        try:
             return subdir(vol)
+        except:
+            pass
 
     if os.path.exists("/Volumes"):
         sck = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)