diff --git a/src/security/certstore.cpp b/src/security/certstore.cpp
index a3d72c9a285ea1bc2980ef6431675b94ee4e7ab4..0c2f0e8e77b455030625091da9f344d15b26bbf9 100644
--- a/src/security/certstore.cpp
+++ b/src/security/certstore.cpp
@@ -252,7 +252,8 @@ readCertificates(const std::filesystem::path& path, const std::string& crl_path)
 {
     std::vector<crypto::Certificate> ret;
     if (std::filesystem::is_directory(path)) {
-        for (const auto& file : std::filesystem::directory_iterator(path)) {
+        std::error_code ec;
+        for (const auto& file : std::filesystem::directory_iterator(path, ec)) {
             auto certs = readCertificates(file, crl_path);
             ret.insert(std::end(ret),
                        std::make_move_iterator(std::begin(certs)),