diff --git a/melamine/shred.py b/melamine/shred.py
index 0fd4a59..af5237e 100644
--- a/melamine/shred.py
+++ b/melamine/shred.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ async def main(job: argparse.Namespace) -> bool:
         # scandir/glob/rglob doesn't play nice with FileNotFound errors,
         # so let's avoid them entirely for now in /proc, /dev, and /sys
         check_paths = [mount_point / path for path in ("/proc", "/dev", "/sys")]
-        manual_process = any(await path.exists() for path in check_paths)
+        manual_process = any(asyncio.gather(*[path.exists() for path in check_paths]))
         if manual_process:
             # Traverse every directory in mount_point recursively except /proc, /dev, and /sys
             async for item in mount_point.glob("*"):