diff --git a/common/boop.sh b/common/boop.sh
index 76e9352..6cfcd27 100755
--- a/common/boop.sh
+++ b/common/boop.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@
 remote="https://boop.icu"
 sound="$HOME/Projects/local-bin/sounds/success.ogg"
 
+if [ !-f "/usr/bin/xsel" ]; then
+	echo "Please install xsel"
+	exit
+fi
+
 url=$(curl -F"file=@$1" $remote)
-echo "$url" | tr -d '\n' | xsel -ib > /dev/null 2>&1 || echo "please install xsel"
+echo "$url" | tr -d '\n' | xsel -ib
 
 mpv $sound