diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index c03d421..0b771cb 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 echo ""
 echo "Installing i3blocks"
+echo "Checking if i3blocks is installed"
+i3blocks -V &> /dev/null
+[[ $? -ne 0 ]] && echo "Please install i3blocks first and restart this setup" && exit 1
 echo "Checking if the directory ~/.config/i3blocks already exists"
 [[ -d "$HOME/.config/i3blocks" ]] && echo "Moving ~/.config/i3blocks to ~/.config/i3blocks.bak" && mv "$HOME/.config/i3blocks"{,.bak} >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
 echo "Downloading simple-i3blocks to ~/.config/i3blocks"