diff --git a/lib/utils/template_generator.js b/lib/utils/template_generator.js
index 0ed45925..1693bb49 100644
--- a/lib/utils/template_generator.js
+++ b/lib/utils/template_generator.js
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ class TemplateGenerator {
     utils.downloadFile(url, tmpFilePath, (err) => {
       if (err) {
         console.error(err.red);
+        console.error('Does the template really exist?'.red);
+        console.error(`Embark's supported templates: https://embark.status.im/templates/`.green);
         process.exit(1);
       }
       utils.extractZip(tmpFilePath, fspath, {