diff --git a/services/ts3client.iced b/services/ts3client.iced
index 04d8d5c..dd26a1c 100644
--- a/services/ts3client.iced
+++ b/services/ts3client.iced
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ StreamSplitter = require("stream-splitter")
 require_bin = require("../require_bin")
 
 ts3client_binpath = require_bin path.join(config.get("ts3-install-path"), "ts3client_linux_" + (if process.arch == "x64" then "amd64" else process.arch))
-await fs.access ts3client_binpath, fs.R_OK | fs.X_OK, defer err
-if err
-	log.fatal "Can't access TeamSpeak3 client binary at #{ts3client_binpath}, does the binary exist and have you given correct access?"
-	throw new Error "Access to TeamSpeak3 binary failed."
 
 module.exports = class TS3ClientService extends services.Service
 	dependencies: [
@@ -37,6 +33,12 @@ module.exports = class TS3ClientService extends services.Service
 			if not args
 				args = []
 
+			await fs.access ts3client_binpath, fs.R_OK | fs.X_OK, defer err
+			if err
+				log.fatal "Can't access TeamSpeak3 client binary at #{ts3client_binpath}, does the binary exist and have you given correct access?"
+				cb? new Error "Access to TeamSpeak3 binary failed."
+				return
+
 			await @_preconfigure defer()
 
 			# spawn process