diff --git a/src/pocketmine/level/format/region/McRegion.php b/src/pocketmine/level/format/region/McRegion.php
index 5bcc58500..5b30d79ea 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/level/format/region/McRegion.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/level/format/region/McRegion.php
@@ -210,6 +210,12 @@ class McRegion extends BaseLevelProvider{
 
 		if($isValid){
 			$files = glob($path . "/region/*.mc*");
+			if(empty($files)){ //possible glob() issue on some systems
+				$files = array_filter(scandir($path . "/region/"), function($file){
+					return substr($file, strrpos($file, ".") + 1, 2) === "mc"; //region file
+				});
+			}
+
 			foreach($files as $f){
 				if(substr($f, strrpos($f, ".") + 1) !== static::REGION_FILE_EXTENSION){
 					$isValid = false;