diff --git a/kitty/launcher/cmdline.c b/kitty/launcher/cmdline.c
index c3ff1a17b..6fc8c42bf 100644
--- a/kitty/launcher/cmdline.c
+++ b/kitty/launcher/cmdline.c
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ get_argv_from(const char *filename, const char *argv0, argv_array *final_ans) {
     size_t src_sz;
     char* src = read_full_file(filename, &src_sz);
     if (!src) {
+        if (errno == ENOENT || errno == ENOTDIR) return true;
         fprintf(stderr, "Failed to read from %s ", filename); perror("with error");
-        return false;
+        return true;
     }
     ShlexState s = {0};
     argv_array ans = {0};
diff --git a/kitty/launcher/utils.h b/kitty/launcher/utils.h
index 13164df9f..30613ceb1 100644
--- a/kitty/launcher/utils.h
+++ b/kitty/launcher/utils.h
@@ -215,7 +215,9 @@ safe_read_stream(void* ptr, size_t size, FILE* stream) {
 
 static char*
 read_full_file(const char* filename, size_t *sz) {
-    FILE* file = fopen(filename, "rb");
+    FILE* file = NULL;
+    errno = EINTR;
+    while (file == NULL && errno == EINTR) file = fopen(filename, "rb");
     if (!file) return NULL;
     fseek(file, 0, SEEK_END);
     unsigned long file_size = ftell(file);