diff --git a/docker/thumbtack/.gitignore b/docker/thumbtack/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..704d307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/thumbtack/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.whl
diff --git a/docker/thumbtack/Dockerfile b/docker/thumbtack/Dockerfile
index 7ff0d68..094ce11 100644
--- a/docker/thumbtack/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/thumbtack/Dockerfile
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ RUN pip install thumbtack==0.4.2
 
 WORKDIR "tmp/"
 RUN apt install -y wget
-RUN wget https://github.com/libyal/libewf/releases/download/20201230/libewf-experimental-20201230.tar.gz
-RUN tar -xf libewf-experimental-20201230.tar.gz
-WORKDIR "/tmp/libewf-20201230/"
+RUN wget https://github.com/libyal/libewf/releases/download/20240506/libewf-experimental-20240506.tar.gz
+RUN tar -xf libewf-experimental-20240506.tar.gz
+WORKDIR "/tmp/libewf-20240506/"
 RUN ./configure --enable-python3 --with-libfuse && make && make install
 RUN cp /usr/local/lib/libewf* /usr/lib/
-RUN rm -rf /tmp/libewf-experimental-20201230*
+RUN rm -rf /tmp/libewf-experimental-20240506*
 
 
 WORKDIR "/"
diff --git a/src/thumbtack/views.py b/src/thumbtack/views.py
index 92f1ff5..f149e0c 100644
--- a/src/thumbtack/views.py
+++ b/src/thumbtack/views.py
@@ -114,10 +114,6 @@ def add_mountpoint_form():
     if mountpoint_path is None or mountpoint_path == "":
         status = "No mountpoint provided."
         return render_template("form_complete.html", status=status)
-    if not os.path.isdir(mountpoint_path):
-        status = f"Could not find {mountpoint_path}. Ensure the mountpoint exists before adding it to thumbtack."
-        return render_template("form_complete.html", status=status)
-
     if operation == "add_mountpoint":
         mounted_disk = add_mountpoint(rel_path, mountpoint_path)
         if mounted_disk: