diff --git a/lib/Voice/AudioEncoder.js b/lib/Voice/AudioEncoder.js
index d6a8b9505..8f7728d22 100644
--- a/lib/Voice/AudioEncoder.js
+++ b/lib/Voice/AudioEncoder.js
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ var AudioEncoder = (function () {
 			}
 		}
 
-		return "help";
+		return;
 	};
 
 	AudioEncoder.prototype.encodeStream = function encodeStream(stream, options) {
@@ -87,7 +87,12 @@ var AudioEncoder = (function () {
 		return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
 			_this.volume = new _VolumeTransformer2["default"](options.volume);
 
-			var enc = _child_process2["default"].spawn(_this.getCommand(), ['-i', '-', '-f', 's16le', '-ar', '48000', '-ss', options.seek || 0, '-ac', 2, 'pipe:1']);
+			var command = _this.getCommand();
+
+			// check if avconv or ffmpeg were found.
+			if (!command) return reject(new Error('FFMPEG not found. Make sure it is installed and in path.'));
+
+			var enc = _child_process2["default"].spawn(command, ['-i', '-', '-f', 's16le', '-ar', '48000', '-ss', options.seek || 0, '-ac', 2, 'pipe:1']);
 
 			var dest = stream.pipe(enc.stdin);
 
@@ -108,7 +113,12 @@ var AudioEncoder = (function () {
 		return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
 			_this2.volume = new _VolumeTransformer2["default"](options.volume);
 
-			var enc = _child_process2["default"].spawn(_this2.getCommand(), ['-i', file, '-f', 's16le', '-ar', '48000', '-ss', options.seek || 0, '-ac', 2, 'pipe:1']);
+			var command = _this2.getCommand();
+
+			// check if avconv or ffmpeg were found.
+			if (!command) return reject(new Error('FFMPEG not found. Make sure it is installed and in path.'));
+
+			var enc = _child_process2["default"].spawn(command, ['-i', file, '-f', 's16le', '-ar', '48000', '-ss', options.seek || 0, '-ac', 2, 'pipe:1']);
 
 			_this2.hookEncodingProcess(resolve, reject, enc);
 		});
@@ -120,9 +130,14 @@ var AudioEncoder = (function () {
 		return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
 			_this3.volume = new _VolumeTransformer2["default"](volume);
 
+			var command = _this3.getCommand();
+
+			// check if avconv or ffmpeg were found.
+			if (!command) return reject(new Error('FFMPEG not found. Make sure it is installed and in path.'));
+
 			// add options discord.js needs
 			var options = ffmpegOptions.concat(['-f', 's16le', '-ar', '48000', '-ac', 2, 'pipe:1']);
-			var enc = _child_process2["default"].spawn(_this3.getCommand(), options);
+			var enc = _child_process2["default"].spawn(command, options);
 
 			_this3.hookEncodingProcess(resolve, reject, enc);
 		});
diff --git a/src/Voice/AudioEncoder.js b/src/Voice/AudioEncoder.js
index 18af17b77..302ea8a96 100644
--- a/src/Voice/AudioEncoder.js
+++ b/src/Voice/AudioEncoder.js
@@ -55,14 +55,19 @@ export default class AudioEncoder {
 			}
 		}
 
-		return "help";
+		return;
 	}
 
 	encodeStream(stream, options) {
 		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 			this.volume = new VolumeTransformer(options.volume);
 
-			var enc = cpoc.spawn(this.getCommand(), [
+			var command = this.getCommand();
+
+			// check if avconv or ffmpeg were found.
+			if (!command) return reject(new Error('FFMPEG not found. Make sure it is installed and in path.'));
+
+			var enc = cpoc.spawn(command, [
 				'-i', '-',
 				'-f', 's16le',
 				'-ar', '48000',
@@ -84,7 +89,12 @@ export default class AudioEncoder {
 		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 			this.volume = new VolumeTransformer(options.volume);
 
-			var enc = cpoc.spawn(this.getCommand(), [
+			var command = this.getCommand();
+
+			// check if avconv or ffmpeg were found.
+			if (!command) return reject(new Error('FFMPEG not found. Make sure it is installed and in path.'));
+
+			var enc = cpoc.spawn(command, [
 				'-i', file,
 				'-f', 's16le',
 				'-ar', '48000',
@@ -101,6 +111,11 @@ export default class AudioEncoder {
 		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 			this.volume = new VolumeTransformer(volume);
 
+			var command = this.getCommand();
+
+			// check if avconv or ffmpeg were found.
+			if (!command) return reject(new Error('FFMPEG not found. Make sure it is installed and in path.'));
+
 			// add options discord.js needs
 			var options = ffmpegOptions.concat([
 				'-f', 's16le',
@@ -108,7 +123,7 @@ export default class AudioEncoder {
 				'-ac', 2,
 				'pipe:1'
 			]);
-			var enc = cpoc.spawn(this.getCommand(), options);
+			var enc = cpoc.spawn(command, options);
 
 			this.hookEncodingProcess(resolve, reject, enc);
 		});