diff --git a/aiopath/path.py b/aiopath/path.py
index b75cc84..b8e7047 100644
--- a/aiopath/path.py
+++ b/aiopath/path.py
@@ -330,18 +330,37 @@ async def symlink_to(self, target: str, target_is_directory: bool = False):
     await self._accessor.symlink(target, self, target_is_directory)
 
   async def exists(self) -> bool:
+    """
+    Whether this path exists.
+    """
     try:
-      async with async_open(self._path, 'rb'):
-        pass
+      await self.stat()
 
-      return True
+    except OSError as e:
+      if not _ignore_error(e):
+        raise
 
-    except IsADirectoryError:
-      return True
+      return False
 
-    except FileNotFoundError:
+    except ValueError:
+      # Non-encodable path
       return False
 
+    return True
+
+  #async def exists(self) -> bool:
+    #try:
+      #async with async_open(self._path, 'rb'):
+        #pass
+
+      #return True
+
+    #except IsADirectoryError:
+      #return True
+
+    #except FileNotFoundError:
+      #return False
+
   @classmethod
   async def cwd(cls: type) -> str:
     """Return a new path pointing to the current working directory
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a229ce4..9f0292f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 PKG_NAME = "aiopath"
 NAME = 'aiopath'
-VERSION = "0.1.2"
+VERSION = "0.2.0"
 LICENSE = "LGPL-3.0"
 
 DESC = "📁 Async pathlib for Python"