diff --git a/lib/gitsync.js b/lib/gitsync.js
index 25288d3..64edc1f 100755
--- a/lib/gitsync.js
+++ b/lib/gitsync.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ GitSync.prototype.align = function(repoDir, branch, callback) {
         // Remove git lock file to recover if git operation was aborted during previous run.
         function(cb) {
             var lockFile = path.join(repoDir, '.git', 'index.lock');
-            path.exists(lockFile, function(exists) {
+            fs.exists(lockFile, function(exists) {
                 if (exists) {
                     fs.unlink(lockFile, function(err) {
                         if (err) {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ GitSync.prototype.align = function(repoDir, branch, callback) {
                 if (err) {
                     log.warn('git status failed on ' + repoDir + ":", err.msg);
                     var indexFile = path.join(repoDir, '.git', 'index');
-                    path.exists(indexFile, function(exists) {
+                    fs.exists(indexFile, function(exists) {
                         if (exists) {
                             fs.unlink(indexFile, function(err) {
                                 if (err) {
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ GitSync.prototype.sync = function(url, branch, dir, callback) {
 
     // check if we already have a directory by that name
     // if we do, assume it is already cloned and just pull.
-    path.exists(dir, function(exists) {
+    fs.exists(dir, function(exists) {
 
         if (exists) {
 
@@ -221,14 +221,14 @@ GitSync.prototype.clonebranch = function(url, branch, dir, callback) {
     var self = this;
     // make sure root directory exists
     var root = path.dirname(dir);
-    path.exists(root, function(exists) {
+    fs.exists(root, function(exists) {
         if (!exists) {
             log.error('root directory ' + root + ' does not exist');
             callback("parent of dir must exists (" + root + ")");
             return;
         }
 
-        path.exists(dir, function(exists) {
+        fs.exists(dir, function(exists) {
             // If directory for branch already exists, need to remove it
             if (exists) {
                 rimraf(dir, function(err) {
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ function _defaultCallback(err) {
 function _ensureExists(dir, callback) {
     dir = path.resolve(dir); // make full path
     
-    path.exists(dir, function(exists) {
+    fs.exists(dir, function(exists) {
         if (!exists) {
             // ensure that the parent dir exists
             _ensureExists(path.dirname(dir), function(err) {