diff --git a/exercises/109_files.zig b/exercises/109_files.zig
index bf4de9b..5514c43 100644
--- a/exercises/109_files.zig
+++ b/exercises/109_files.zig
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
     // wait a minute...
     // opening a directory might fail!
     // what should we do here?
-    var output_dir: std.Io.Dir = try cwd.openDir(io, "output", .{});
+    var output_dir: std.Io.Dir = cwd.openDir(io, "output", .{});
     defer output_dir.close(io);
 
     // we try to open the file `zigling.txt`,
diff --git a/patches/patches/109_files.patch b/patches/patches/109_files.patch
index ac59d70..c8ad47c 100644
--- a/patches/patches/109_files.patch
+++ b/patches/patches/109_files.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
---- exercises/109_files.zig	2026-03-20 19:23:48.874150121 +0100
-+++ answers/109_files.zig	2026-04-02 10:51:15.813831695 +0200
+--- exercises/109_files.zig	2026-06-29 17:08:04.124224900 +0000
++++ answers/109_files.zig	2026-06-29 17:13:20.696220533 +0000
 @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
          // by doing nothing
          //
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@
          // if there's any other unexpected error we just propagate it through
          else => return e,
      };
+@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
+     // wait a minute...
+     // opening a directory might fail!
+     // what should we do here?
+-    var output_dir: std.Io.Dir = cwd.openDir(io, "output", .{});
++    var output_dir: std.Io.Dir = try cwd.openDir(io, "output", .{});
+     defer output_dir.close(io);
+ 
+     // we try to open the file `zigling.txt`,
 @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
      // but here we are not yet done writing to the file
      // if only there were a keyword in Zig that