diff --git a/hardware/sensehat/package.json b/hardware/sensehat/package.json
index 4e470d9a..36be22be 100644
--- a/hardware/sensehat/package.json
+++ b/hardware/sensehat/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name"          : "node-red-node-pi-sense-hat",
-    "version"       : "0.0.8",
+    "version"       : "0.0.9",
     "description"   : "A Node-RED node to interact with a Raspberry Pi Sense HAT",
     "repository" : {
         "type":"git",
diff --git a/hardware/sensehat/sensehat.js b/hardware/sensehat/sensehat.js
index eee0b8a5..d437ddb4 100644
--- a/hardware/sensehat/sensehat.js
+++ b/hardware/sensehat/sensehat.js
@@ -22,9 +22,12 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
 
     var hatCommand = __dirname+'/sensehat';
 
-    if ( !(1 & parseInt ((fs.statSync(hatCommand).mode & parseInt ("777", 8)).toString (8)[0]) )) {
-        RED.log.error(hatCommand + " command is not executable");
-        throw "Error : "+RED._("node-red:rpi-gpio.errors.mustbeexecutable");
+    if (!fs.existsSync('/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sense_hat')) {
+        throw "Error: Can't find Sense HAT python libraries. Run sudo apt-get install sense-hat";
+    }
+
+    if ( !(1 & parseInt((fs.statSync(hatCommand).mode & parseInt ("777", 8)).toString(8)[0]) )) {
+        throw "Error: "+RED._("node-red:rpi-gpio.errors.mustbeexecutable");
     }
 
     // the magic to make python print stuff immediately