diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 633e40c..949f139 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
+var exists = require('fs-exists-sync');
 var extend = require('extend-shallow');
 var configPath = require('git-config-path');
 var ini = require('ini');
@@ -133,14 +134,6 @@ parse.keys = function parseKeys(config) {
   return res;
 };
 
-function exists(fp) {
-  try {
-    fs.statSync(fp);
-    return true;
-  } catch (err) {}
-  return false;
-}
-
 /**
  * Expose `parse`
  */
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 285d958..6d841a8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "extend-shallow": "^2.0.1",
+    "fs-exists-sync": "^0.1.0",
     "git-config-path": "^1.0.0",
     "ini": "^1.3.4"
   },