diff --git a/ce/ce.c b/ce/ce.c
index cf27372..0863110 100644
--- a/ce/ce.c
+++ b/ce/ce.c
@@ -298,7 +298,9 @@ static void ls (const char* path_string) {
   describe (path, &desc);
 
   if (desc.type != FS_DIR) {
+    printf ("ERROR '%s' is not a directory\n", path_string);
     volume_close ();
+    return;
   }
 
   size_t entries = desc.size;
diff --git a/kernel/fs/tarfs.c b/kernel/fs/tarfs.c
index a77cd53..fdbe25d 100644
--- a/kernel/fs/tarfs.c
+++ b/kernel/fs/tarfs.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ int tarfs_format (struct vfs_volume* volume) {
 int tarfs_describe (struct vfs_volume* volume, const char* path, struct desc* desc) {
   struct tarfs* tarfs = volume->udata;
 
-  if (strncmp (path, "/", PATH_MAX) == 0) {
+  if ((path[0] == '/') && (path[1] == '\0')) {
     desc->size = 0;
     desc->type = FS_DIR;
 
diff --git a/libsystem/str_status.h b/libsystem/str_status.h
index d108ed6..025b31f 100644
--- a/libsystem/str_status.h
+++ b/libsystem/str_status.h
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ static const char* str_status[] = {
     [ST_BAD_PATH] = "path parsing error",
     [ST_EXEC_ERROR] = "exec error",
     [ST_MOUNT_ERROR] = "mount error",
+    [ST_TRY_AGAIN] = "try again",
+    [ST_NOT_DIR] = "not a directory",
+    [ST_DIR_NO_ENTRIES] = "empty directory",
+    [ST_FORMAT_ERROR] = "filesystem formatting error",
+    [ST_NOT_DRV] = "not a drive device",
+    [ST_PARTITION_ERROR] = "partition error",
 };
 
 #endif // _LIBSYSTEM_STR_STATUS_H