diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-tahoelafs b/src/freedombone-app-tahoelafs
index 117190d6..36586410 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-tahoelafs
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-tahoelafs
@@ -627,6 +627,12 @@ function install_tahoelafs {
 
     # create a user
     adduser --disabled-login --gecos 'tahoe-lafs' tahoelafs
+
+    if [ ! -d /home/tahoelafs ]; then
+        echo $'/home/tahoelafs directory was not created'
+        exit 879335
+    fi
+
     adduser tahoelafs debian-tor
     groupadd tahoelafs