diff --git a/src/node/main.ts b/src/node/main.ts
index 00b4bda15..cf5899526 100644
--- a/src/node/main.ts
+++ b/src/node/main.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { AuthType, DefaultedArgs, Feature, SpawnCodeCli, toCodeArgs, UserProvide
 import { coderCloudBind } from "./coder_cloud"
 import { commit, version } from "./constants"
 import { register } from "./routes"
-import { humanPath, isFile, loadAMDModule, open } from "./util"
+import { humanPath, isDirectory, loadAMDModule, open } from "./util"
 
 /**
  * Return true if the user passed an extension-related VS Code flag.
@@ -69,14 +69,15 @@ export const openInExistingInstance = async (args: DefaultedArgs, socketPath: st
     fileURIs: [],
     forceReuseWindow: args["reuse-window"],
     forceNewWindow: args["new-window"],
+    gotoLineMode: true,
   }
   const paths = args._ || []
   for (let i = 0; i < paths.length; i++) {
     const fp = path.resolve(paths[i])
-    if (await isFile(fp)) {
-      pipeArgs.fileURIs.push(fp)
-    } else {
+    if (await isDirectory(fp)) {
       pipeArgs.folderURIs.push(fp)
+    } else {
+      pipeArgs.fileURIs.push(fp)
     }
   }
   if (pipeArgs.forceNewWindow && pipeArgs.fileURIs.length > 0) {
diff --git a/src/node/util.ts b/src/node/util.ts
index 140431cc8..698fe6045 100644
--- a/src/node/util.ts
+++ b/src/node/util.ts
@@ -482,6 +482,15 @@ export const isFile = async (path: string): Promise<boolean> => {
   }
 }
 
+export const isDirectory = async (path: string): Promise<boolean> => {
+  try {
+    const stat = await fs.stat(path)
+    return stat.isDirectory()
+  } catch (error) {
+    return false
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Escapes any HTML string special characters, like &, <, >, ", and '.
  *
diff --git a/test/unit/node/util.test.ts b/test/unit/node/util.test.ts
index aea682baa..e38667673 100644
--- a/test/unit/node/util.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/node/util.test.ts
@@ -457,17 +457,40 @@ describe("isFile", () => {
   afterEach(async () => {
     await fs.rm(testDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
   })
-  it("should return false if the path doesn't exist", async () => {
+  it("should return false if is directory", async () => {
     expect(await util.isFile(testDir)).toBe(false)
   })
   it("should return true if is file", async () => {
     expect(await util.isFile(pathToFile)).toBe(true)
   })
-  it("should return false if error", async () => {
+  it("should return false if the path doesn't exist", async () => {
     expect(await util.isFile("fakefile.txt")).toBe(false)
   })
 })
 
+describe("isDirectory", () => {
+  const testDir = path.join(tmpdir, "tests", "isDirectory")
+  let pathToFile = ""
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    pathToFile = path.join(testDir, "foo.txt")
+    await fs.mkdir(testDir, { recursive: true })
+    await fs.writeFile(pathToFile, "hello")
+  })
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await fs.rm(testDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  })
+  it("should return false if is a file", async () => {
+    expect(await util.isDirectory(pathToFile)).toBe(false)
+  })
+  it("should return true if is directory", async () => {
+    expect(await util.isDirectory(testDir)).toBe(true)
+  })
+  it("should return false if the path doesn't exist", async () => {
+    expect(await util.isDirectory("fakefile.txt")).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
+
 describe("humanPath", () => {
   it("should return an empty string if no path provided", () => {
     const mockHomedir = "/home/coder"