diff --git a/packages/safe-fs/src/__tests__/fs.test.ts b/packages/safe-fs/src/__tests__/fs.test.ts
index 03e3cf0..7bbcd3b 100644
--- a/packages/safe-fs/src/__tests__/fs.test.ts
+++ b/packages/safe-fs/src/__tests__/fs.test.ts
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ describe('getter', () => {
 
     it('should allow operations within the base path', () => {
       const validPath = 'valid/nested/path.txt'
+      const newPath = 'valid/new.txt'
       const content = 'Valid content'
 
       expect(() =>
@@ -167,9 +168,10 @@ describe('getter', () => {
       ).not.toThrow()
       expect(() => sfs.writeFileSync(validPath, content)).not.toThrow()
       expect(() => sfs.readFileSync(validPath)).not.toThrow()
-      expect(() => sfs.unlinkSync(validPath)).not.toThrow()
-      expect(() => sfs.renameSync(validPath, 'valid/new.txt')).not.toThrow()
-      expect(() => sfs.statSync(validPath)).not.toThrow()
+      expect(() => sfs.renameSync(validPath, newPath)).not.toThrow()
+      expect(() => sfs.statSync(newPath)).not.toThrow()
+      expect(() => sfs.unlinkSync(newPath)).not.toThrow()
+      expect(() => sfs.rmdirSync('valid/nested')).not.toThrow()
     })
   })
 })
diff --git a/packages/safe-fs/src/getter.ts b/packages/safe-fs/src/getter.ts
index bf72465..5fe41a4 100644
--- a/packages/safe-fs/src/getter.ts
+++ b/packages/safe-fs/src/getter.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,34 @@
 import fs from 'fs'
+import { z } from 'zod'
 
+import pathParams from './params.json'
 import { sanitizePath } from './sanitizers'
 
+const pathParamsRecordSchema = z.record(z.array(z.number()))
+export type PathParamsRecord = z.infer<typeof paramsJsonSchema>
+
+const pathParamsRecord = pathParamsRecordSchema.parse(pathParams)
+
 export const createGetter =
   (basePath: string) => (target: typeof fs, p: keyof typeof fs, receiver) => {
     if (typeof target[p] === 'function') {
-      return (...args) => {
-        if (
-          typeof args[0] === 'string' ||
-          Buffer.isBuffer(args[0]) ||
-          args[0] instanceof URL
-        ) {
-          args[0] = sanitizePath(args[0], basePath)
+      const func = Reflect.get(target, p, receiver)
+      const paramsToSanitize = pathParamsRecord[p]
+
+      if (paramsToSanitize) {
+        return (...args) => {
+          const sanitizedArgs = args.map((arg, i) => {
+            // the argument could be a file descriptor
+            if (paramsToSanitize.includes(i) && typeof arg !== 'number') {
+              return sanitizePath(arg as fs.PathLike, basePath)
+            }
+            return arg as Parameters<typeof func>[i]
+          })
+          // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-return, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-argument
+          return func(...sanitizedArgs)
         }
-        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-return, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-argument
-        return (Reflect.get(target, p, receiver) as CallableFunction)(...args)
+        return func
       }
+      return Reflect.get(target, p, receiver)
     }
-    return Reflect.get(target, p, receiver)
   }
diff --git a/packages/safe-fs/src/params.json b/packages/safe-fs/src/params.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa25bb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/safe-fs/src/params.json
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+{
+  "access": [0],
+  "appendFile": [0],
+  "chmod": [0],
+  "chown": [0],
+  "copyFile": [0, 1],
+  "cp": [0, 1],
+  "glob": [0],
+  "lchmod": [0],
+  "lchown": [0],
+  "lutimes": [0],
+  "link": [0, 1],
+  "lstat": [0],
+  "mkdir": [0],
+  "mkdtemp": [0],
+  "open": [0],
+  "opendir": [0],
+  "readdir": [0],
+  "readFile": [0],
+  "readlink": [0],
+  "realpath": [0],
+  "rename": [0, 1],
+  "rmdir": [0],
+  "rm": [0],
+  "stat": [0],
+  "statfs": [0],
+  "symlink": [0, 1],
+  "truncate": [0],
+  "unlink": [0],
+  "utimes": [0],
+  "writeFile": [0],
+  "accessSync": [0],
+  "appendFileSync": [0],
+  "chmodSync": [0],
+  "chownSync": [0],
+  "copyFileSync": [0, 1],
+  "cpSync": [0, 1],
+  "globSync": [0],
+  "lchmodSync": [0],
+  "lchownSync": [0],
+  "lutimesSync": [0],
+  "linkSync": [0, 1],
+  "lstatSync": [0],
+  "mkdirSync": [0],
+  "mkdtempSync": [0],
+  "openSync": [0],
+  "opendirSync": [0],
+  "readdirSync": [0],
+  "readFileSync": [0],
+  "readlinkSync": [0],
+  "realpathSync": [0],
+  "renameSync": [0, 1],
+  "rmdirSync": [0],
+  "rmSync": [0],
+  "statSync": [0],
+  "statfsSync": [0],
+  "symlinkSync": [0, 1],
+  "truncateSync": [0],
+  "unlinkSync": [0],
+  "utimesSync": [0],
+  "writeFileSync": [0]
+}