diff --git a/Patcher/PatchClient/ViewModels/PatcherViewModel.cs b/Patcher/PatchClient/ViewModels/PatcherViewModel.cs
index 8e5faef..4ff6fa7 100644
--- a/Patcher/PatchClient/ViewModels/PatcherViewModel.cs
+++ b/Patcher/PatchClient/ViewModels/PatcherViewModel.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@ namespace PatchClient.ViewModels
         {
             this.WhenActivated((CompositeDisposable disposables) =>
             {
+                //check if escapefromtarkov.exe is present
+                if(!File.Exists(Path.Join(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "escapefromtarkov.exe")))
+                {
+                    NavigateTo(new MessageViewModel(HostScreen, "EscapeFromTarkov.exe was not found. Please ensure you have copied the patcher to your SPT folder."));
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                //check if patch folder is present
                 if(!Directory.Exists(LazyOperations.PatchFolder))
                 {
                     NavigateTo(new MessageViewModel(HostScreen, $"{LazyOperations.PatchFolder} folder is missing. Please copy it to\n'{Environment.CurrentDirectory}'\nand try patching again."));
diff --git a/Patcher/PatchGenerator/Resources/PatchClient.exe b/Patcher/PatchGenerator/Resources/PatchClient.exe
index f74bfa8..228a843 100644
--- a/Patcher/PatchGenerator/Resources/PatchClient.exe
+++ b/Patcher/PatchGenerator/Resources/PatchClient.exe
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:0d8fd2f0c7b74f0db0fb10ce5b8a12778d519d769bf752496949d3ae51addae6
-size 25318060
+oid sha256:b7590b4a9b9184ccd086883cc14851aa9902c0cdee26ab845d1bb6201f86d40e
+size 25318572