diff --git a/jdownie/repo/repo b/jdownie/repo/repo
index 51a2f08..2285c19 100755
--- a/jdownie/repo/repo
+++ b/jdownie/repo/repo
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ import json
 import time
 from pathlib import Path
 
+def rm(p):
+  if os.path.exists(p):
+    os.remove(p)
+
 def filepath(f):
   ret = os.path.join(os.environ.get("XDG_CACHE_HOME"), f"repo.{f}")
   return ret
@@ -61,13 +65,13 @@ def perform_action(action, key, item, silent = False):
         if not silent:
           print("{0} {1}...".format(lbl, key))
         output = execute_command(cmd)
-      os.remove(filepath("status"))
+      rm(filepath("status"))
     elif action == "sync":
       if not silent:
         print("{0} {1}...".format(lbl, key))
       perform_action("pull", key, item, silent=True)
       perform_action("push", key, item, silent=True)
-      os.remove(filepath("status"))
+      rm(filepath("status"))
     elif action == "lcs":
       if not silent:
         print("{0} {1}...".format(lbl, key))
@@ -75,7 +79,7 @@ def perform_action(action, key, item, silent = False):
       perform_action("lc", key, item, silent=True)
       perform_action("pull", key, item, silent=True)
       perform_action("push", key, item, silent=True)
-      os.remove(filepath("status"))
+      rm(filepath("status"))
     elif action == "lc":
       cmd = "git -C \"{0}\" status --porcelain".format(os.path.expanduser(item["path"]))
       output = execute_command(cmd).split("\n")
@@ -85,7 +89,7 @@ def perform_action(action, key, item, silent = False):
         output = execute_command(cmd)
         cmd = "git -C \"{0}\" commit -m \"Lazy commit on {1}.\"".format(os.path.expanduser(item["path"]), hostname)
         output = execute_command(cmd)
-      os.remove(filepath("status"))
+      rm(filepath("status"))
   return output
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":