diff --git a/web-server/plugins/slycat-video-swarm/html/vs-wizard.html b/web-server/plugins/slycat-video-swarm/html/vs-wizard.html
index d0f918be2..2e97279b6 100644
--- a/web-server/plugins/slycat-video-swarm/html/vs-wizard.html
+++ b/web-server/plugins/slycat-video-swarm/html/vs-wizard.html
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ <h4 className='alert-heading' style="margin-top:30px">Would you like us to gener
         <div className="alert alert-warning" data-bind="visible:movies_exist() == false && generate_movies() == 'false'" role="alert" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #FFFF99">
           <p className='mt-3'>We weren't able to locate your movies. Please verify that the provided path is correct.</p>
         </div>
+        <div className="alert alert-warning" data-bind="visible:directory_exists() == false && generate_movies() == 'false'" role="alert" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #FFFF99">
+          <p className='mt-3'>This directory doesn't exist. Please verify that the provided path is correct.</p>
+        </div>
         <label style="margin-top:15px">
           <input class="form-check-input" type="radio" name="movie-source-radios" id="col-radio" value="col" data-bind="checked: movie_source">
           Please choose column of CSV file with links to video files (format .mp4).</label>
diff --git a/web-server/plugins/slycat-video-swarm/js/vs-wizard.js b/web-server/plugins/slycat-video-swarm/js/vs-wizard.js
index 2bdcf3779..3c6450361 100644
--- a/web-server/plugins/slycat-video-swarm/js/vs-wizard.js
+++ b/web-server/plugins/slycat-video-swarm/js/vs-wizard.js
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ function constructor(params) {
 // existing movies present in moviedir
 var existing_movies = [];
 component.movies_exist = ko.observable();
+component.directory_exists = ko.observable();
 component.replace_movies = ko.observable();
 component.generate_movies = ko.observable();
 component.generate_movies_verification = ko.observable();
@@ -475,6 +476,7 @@ component.reauth = function() {
 
   component.cleanup = function() {
       component.movies_exist(null);
+      component.directory_exists(null);
       component.moviedir(null);
       component.replace_movies(null);
       component.generate_movies_verification(null);
@@ -508,6 +510,7 @@ component.reauth = function() {
               path : component.moviedir(),
               success : function(results)
               {
+                  component.directory_exists(true);
                   var link_selected = $("#vs-remote-frames-selector").val();
                   var link_selected_ind = component.vs_media_columns.indexOf(link_selected);
                   var frame_link_column = media_columns_inds[link_selected_ind];
@@ -607,6 +610,7 @@ component.reauth = function() {
                   });
               },
               error : function(results) {
+                component.directory_exists(false);
                 var link_selected = $("#vs-remote-frames-selector").val();
                 var link_selected_ind = component.vs_media_columns.indexOf(link_selected);
                 var frame_link_column = media_columns_inds[link_selected_ind];