diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 9facda8..7e75e36 100755
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -1,13 +1,21 @@
-const fs = require('fs');
+try {
+    const fs = require('fs');
+    const express = require('express');
+    const showdown  = require('showdown')
+    const crypto = require('crypto'); // For encrypting passwords
+    const { fromUnixTime, format, getUnixTime } = require("date-fns")
+}
+catch (error) {
+    console.log("You have not installed all dependencies")
+    console.log("Dependencies needed: express, showdown, crypto, date-fns, fs")
+    console.log("crypto is for hashing passwords, don't worry, I'm not mining!")
+    console.log("Error:\n",error)
+}
+
 if (process.argv[0] == "--first-time") {
     initialise()
 }
 
-const express = require('express');
-const showdown  = require('showdown')
-const crypto = require('crypto'); // For encrypting passwords
-const { fromUnixTime, format, getUnixTime } = require("date-fns")
-
 let users
 let posts
 let comments