diff --git a/dlt/common/storages/load_package.py b/dlt/common/storages/load_package.py
index 8870024de9..6d4f4a0521 100644
--- a/dlt/common/storages/load_package.py
+++ b/dlt/common/storages/load_package.py
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ def destination_state() -> DictStrAny:
 
 
 def load_package_source_state() -> DictStrAny:
-    """Get segment of load package state that is specific to the current destination."""
+    """Get segment of load package state that is specific to the sources."""
     lp = load_package()
     return lp["state"].setdefault("source_state", {})
 
diff --git a/dlt/destinations/impl/filesystem/filesystem.py b/dlt/destinations/impl/filesystem/filesystem.py
index 8e3f65f4de..58f8aea853 100644
--- a/dlt/destinations/impl/filesystem/filesystem.py
+++ b/dlt/destinations/impl/filesystem/filesystem.py
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ def initialize_storage(self, truncate_tables: Iterable[str] = None) -> None:
                         " should be created previously!"
                     )
 
+        # we mark the storage folder as initialized
+        self.fs_client.touch(posixpath.join(self.dataset_path, INIT_FILE_NAME))
+
     def update_stored_schema(
         self,
         load_id: str = None,
@@ -215,7 +218,7 @@ def _get_table_dirs(self, table_names: Iterable[str]) -> List[str]:
         return table_dirs
 
     def is_storage_initialized(self) -> bool:
-        return self.fs_client.isdir(self.dataset_path)  # type: ignore[no-any-return]
+        return self.fs_client.exists(posixpath.join(self.dataset_path, INIT_FILE_NAME))  # type: ignore[no-any-return]
 
     def start_file_load(self, table: TTableSchema, file_path: str, load_id: str) -> LoadJob:
         # skip the state table, we create a jsonl file in the complete_load step
@@ -363,8 +366,9 @@ def _get_stored_schema_by_hash_or_newest(
                 break
 
         if selected_path:
+            print("got state")
             return StorageSchemaInfo(**json.loads(self.fs_client.read_text(selected_path)))
-
+        print("no state")
         return None
 
     def _store_current_schema(self, load_id: str) -> None: