diff --git a/internal/versioner/simple.go b/internal/versioner/simple.go
index 83318b64..e51575fe 100644
--- a/internal/versioner/simple.go
+++ b/internal/versioner/simple.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func NewSimple(folderID, folderPath string, params map[string]string) Versioner
 // Move away the named file to a version archive. If this function returns
 // nil, the named file does not exist any more (has been archived).
 func (v Simple) Archive(filePath string) error {
-	fileInfo, err := os.Stat(filePath)
+	fileInfo, err := os.Lstat(filePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
 			if debug {