diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index e5de0be..cc4b1cb 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import time
 import requests
 import os
 import sys
+import shutil
 
 channel_list = []
 downloading = []
@@ -18,6 +19,11 @@ def download_stream(channel):
     )
 
 
+# Checks if dl-stream is in the systems path
+if not shutil.which("dl-stream"):
+    sys.exit("ERROR: dl-stream is not found in the systems path!")
+
+
 # Checks if the channel_list exists and if not makes one
 if os.path.exists("channel_list.txt"):
     # Grab all the channels from channel_list.txt and put them in a list