diff --git a/src/sys.zig b/src/sys.zig
index 35cd0a7812..6063ebf9ef 100644
--- a/src/sys.zig
+++ b/src/sys.zig
@@ -1024,6 +1024,11 @@ pub fn openA(file_path: []const u8, flags: bun.Mode, perm: bun.Mode) Maybe(bun.F
 }
 
 pub fn open(file_path: [:0]const u8, flags: bun.Mode, perm: bun.Mode) Maybe(bun.FileDescriptor) {
+    // TODO(@paperdave): this should not need to use libuv
+    if (comptime Environment.isWindows) {
+        return sys_uv.open(file_path, flags, perm);
+    }
+
     // this is what open() does anyway.
     return openat(bun.toFD((std.fs.cwd().fd)), file_path, flags, perm);
 }
diff --git a/test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts b/test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts
index 9ded0e8c7d..e729ccbf63 100644
--- a/test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts
@@ -2159,7 +2159,7 @@ describe("fs/promises", () => {
   });
 });
 
-it("stat on a large file", () => {
+it("fstat on a large file", () => {
   var dest: string = "",
     fd;
   try {
@@ -2171,13 +2171,13 @@ it("stat on a large file", () => {
     while (offset < 5 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024) {
       offset += writeSync(fd, bigBuffer, 0, bigBuffer.length, offset);
     }
-
+    fdatasyncSync(fd);
     expect(fstatSync(fd).size).toEqual(offset);
   } finally {
     if (fd) closeSync(fd);
     unlinkSync(dest);
   }
-});
+}, 20_000);
 
 it("fs.constants", () => {
   if (isWindows) {