diff --git a/services/ts3client.iced b/services/ts3client.iced
index 996e6d5..9f94a66 100644
--- a/services/ts3client.iced
+++ b/services/ts3client.iced
@@ -7,11 +7,17 @@ TS3Settings = require("../ts3settings")
 TS3ClientQuery = require("../ts3query")
 path = require "path"
 merge = require "merge"
+fs = require "fs"
 spawn = require("child_process").spawn
 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))
+if not path.exists
+	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: [