diff --git a/modules/install.am b/modules/install.am
index cb98d1226..b382a04f8 100644
--- a/modules/install.am
+++ b/modules/install.am
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@ while [ -n "$1" ]; do
 					if echo "$arg" | grep -q "/"; then
 						if test -f "$arg" 2> /dev/null; then
 							_install_local_script
+						else
+							echo " 💀 ERROR: the file \"$arg\" does NOT exist"
 						fi
 					elif test -f "$AMPATH/neodb"; then
 						_install_from_third_party_repo