diff --git a/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/Persistence/ConfigurationExtensions.cs b/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/Persistence/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
index 729e0c63a..272048624 100644
--- a/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/Persistence/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
+++ b/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/Persistence/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using FilterLists.Archival.Domain.Lists;
+using System.Linq;
+using FilterLists.Archival.Domain.Lists;
 using FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure.Options;
 using LibGit2Sharp;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ public static void AddPersistenceServices(this IServiceCollection services, ICon
             services.AddTransient<IRepository, Repository>(_ =>
             {
                 var gitOptions = configuration.GetSection(GitOptions.Key).Get<GitOptions>();
-                if (!Repository.IsValid(gitOptions.RepositoryPath))
+                if (!System.IO.Directory.EnumerateFileSystemEntries(gitOptions.RepositoryPath).Any())
                 {
                     Repository.Init(gitOptions.RepositoryPath);
                 }