Using the global diffeomorphism theorem we consider the existence of solutions to the following Dirichlet problemẍ (t) = f (t, x (t)) + v(t), x (0) = x (1) = 0, where f : [0, 1] × R → R is a jointly continuous function subject to some further growth conditions. Together with a given problem we consider the family of its discretizations and as a result we prove the existence of a non-spurious solution.