diff --git a/scripts/x/bd b/scripts/x/bd
index 58e5a2d..921a544 100644
--- a/scripts/x/bd
+++ b/scripts/x/bd
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Placed in $OLLIE/x/ so it shadows the real bd on PATH for tool subprocesses.
 if [ -z "$BEADS_DIR" ]; then
     dir="$PWD"
-    while [ "$dir" != "/" ] && [ -d "$dir/.git" ]; do
+    while [ "$dir" != "/" ] && [ -e "$dir/.git" ]; do
         if [ -d "$dir/.beads" ]; then
             export BEADS_DIR="$dir/.beads"
             break
diff --git a/tools/plan_check b/tools/plan_check
index 43dffae..54b7387 100755
--- a/tools/plan_check
+++ b/tools/plan_check
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if len(sys.argv) < 3:
 import shutil
 def _find_beads():
     d = os.getcwd()
-    while d != os.path.dirname(d) and os.path.isdir(os.path.join(d, '.git')):
+    while d != os.path.dirname(d) and os.path.exists(os.path.join(d, '.git')):
         if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(d, '.beads')):
             return True
         d = os.path.dirname(d)
diff --git a/tools/plan_create b/tools/plan_create
index db38033..f3bf7d3 100755
--- a/tools/plan_create
+++ b/tools/plan_create
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Output: plan filename in pl/
 set -euo pipefail
 
-_find_beads() { local d="$PWD"; while [ "$d" != "/" ] && [ -d "$d/.git" ]; do [ -d "$d/.beads" ] && return 0; d="$(dirname "$d")"; done; return 1; }
+_find_beads() { local d="$PWD"; while [ "$d" != "/" ] && [ -e "$d/.git" ]; do [ -d "$d/.beads" ] && return 0; d="$(dirname "$d")"; done; return 1; }
 if [ "${OLLIE_BEADS_ENABLE:-1}" != "0" ] && command -v bd >/dev/null 2>&1 && _find_beads; then
     echo "error: beads is available — use 'bd' for planning instead of plan_create" >&2
     exit 2
diff --git a/tools/plan_finish b/tools/plan_finish
index 8740f7e..2a5d656 100755
--- a/tools/plan_finish
+++ b/tools/plan_finish
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if len(sys.argv) < 2:
 import shutil
 def _find_beads():
     d = os.getcwd()
-    while d != os.path.dirname(d) and os.path.isdir(os.path.join(d, '.git')):
+    while d != os.path.dirname(d) and os.path.exists(os.path.join(d, '.git')):
         if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(d, '.beads')):
             return True
         d = os.path.dirname(d)
diff --git a/tools/plan_start b/tools/plan_start
index b2b9e85..2080d76 100755
--- a/tools/plan_start
+++ b/tools/plan_start
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Output: new filename
 set -euo pipefail
 
-_find_beads() { local d="$PWD"; while [ "$d" != "/" ] && [ -d "$d/.git" ]; do [ -d "$d/.beads" ] && return 0; d="$(dirname "$d")"; done; return 1; }
+_find_beads() { local d="$PWD"; while [ "$d" != "/" ] && [ -e "$d/.git" ]; do [ -d "$d/.beads" ] && return 0; d="$(dirname "$d")"; done; return 1; }
 if [ "${OLLIE_BEADS_ENABLE:-1}" != "0" ] && command -v bd >/dev/null 2>&1 && _find_beads; then
     echo "error: beads is available — use 'bd' for planning instead of plan_start" >&2
     exit 2