diff --git a/update-example-svgs.sh b/update-example-svgs.sh
index 8d223630..398a9dca 100755
--- a/update-example-svgs.sh
+++ b/update-example-svgs.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+if ! command -v svg-term &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "Command 'svg-term' not found. Please install with 'npm install -g svg-term-cli'."
+    exit
+fi
+
 set -e
 
 REPO_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"