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diff --git a/ch b/ch
index bcc759b..00def24 100755
--- a/ch
+++ b/ch
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ shopt -s nullglob
 
 umask 022
 
+if [[ ! -d "$CHROOTS" ]]; then
+	echo "chroot base directory '$CHROOTS' does not exist or is not readable"
+	return 1
+fi
+
 __genchroot() {
 	sudo btrfs subvolume snapshot "$chrootdir/root" "$copydir"
 }