diff --git a/bin/now-deploy.js b/bin/now-deploy.js
index cac09b0..df30ab7 100755
--- a/bin/now-deploy.js
+++ b/bin/now-deploy.js
@@ -283,7 +283,12 @@ async function sync(token) {
   }
 
   // Make sure that directory is deployable
-  await checkPath(path);
+  try {
+    await checkPath(path);
+  } catch (err) {
+    error(err);
+    return;
+  }
 
   if (!quiet) {
     if (gitRepo.main) {
diff --git a/lib/utils/output/error.js b/lib/utils/output/error.js
index ca0b1fd..347ec46 100644
--- a/lib/utils/output/error.js
+++ b/lib/utils/output/error.js
@@ -2,5 +2,9 @@ const chalk = require('chalk');
 
 // Prints an error message
 module.exports = msg => {
+  if (msg instanceof Error) {
+    msg = msg.message;
+  }
+
   console.error(`${chalk.red('> Error!')} ${msg}`);
 };