diff --git a/app/src/command.c b/app/src/command.c
index abaa223d..63afccb4 100644
--- a/app/src/command.c
+++ b/app/src/command.c
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "config.h"
 #include "common.h"
@@ -202,3 +205,14 @@ process_check_success(process_t proc, const char *name) {
     }
     return true;
 }
+
+bool
+is_regular_file(const char *path) {
+    struct stat path_stat;
+    int r = stat(path, &path_stat);
+    if (r) {
+        perror("stat");
+        return false;
+    }
+    return S_ISREG(path_stat.st_mode);
+}
diff --git a/app/src/command.h b/app/src/command.h
index edbc3fb8..9fc81c1c 100644
--- a/app/src/command.h
+++ b/app/src/command.h
@@ -85,4 +85,8 @@ process_check_success(process_t proc, const char *name);
 char *
 get_executable_path(void);
 
+// returns true if the file exists and is not a directory
+bool
+is_regular_file(const char *path);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/app/src/server.c b/app/src/server.c
index 90eb4c69..ff167aeb 100644
--- a/app/src/server.c
+++ b/app/src/server.c
@@ -67,7 +67,12 @@ get_server_path(void) {
 
 static bool
 push_server(const char *serial) {
-    process_t process = adb_push(serial, get_server_path(), DEVICE_SERVER_PATH);
+    const char *server_path = get_server_path();
+    if (!is_regular_file(server_path)) {
+        LOGE("'%s' does not exist or is not a regular file\n", server_path);
+        return false;
+    }
+    process_t process = adb_push(serial, server_path, DEVICE_SERVER_PATH);
     return process_check_success(process, "adb push");
 }