diff --git a/i18n/de.json b/i18n/de.json
index e726bee6..7cbe3a0f 100644
--- a/i18n/de.json
+++ b/i18n/de.json
@@ -138,5 +138,7 @@
     "Options": "Optionen",
     "Shorten URL": "URL verkürzen",
     "Editor": "Bearbeiten",
-    "Preview": "Vorschau"
+    "Preview": "Vorschau",
+    "PrivateBin requires the PATH to end in a \"%s\". Please update the PATH in your index.php.":
+        "Der PATH muss bei PrivateBin mit einem \"%s\" enden. Bitte passe Deinen PATH in Deiner index.php an."
 }
diff --git a/i18n/fr.json b/i18n/fr.json
index fd4de966..a6f1852c 100644
--- a/i18n/fr.json
+++ b/i18n/fr.json
@@ -147,5 +147,7 @@
     "Options": "Options",
     "Shorten URL": "Raccourcir URL",
     "Editor": "éditer",
-    "Preview": "avant-première"
+    "Preview": "avant-première",
+    "PrivateBin requires the PATH to end in a \"%s\". Please update the PATH in your index.php.":
+        "PrivateBin requires the PATH to end in a \"%s\". Please update the PATH in your index.php."
 }
diff --git a/i18n/pl.json b/i18n/pl.json
index 0c60fbbe..8a977047 100644
--- a/i18n/pl.json
+++ b/i18n/pl.json
@@ -138,5 +138,7 @@
     "Options": "Opcje",
     "Shorten URL": "Skróć adres URL",
     "Editor": "Edytować",
-    "Preview": "Zapowiedź"
+    "Preview": "Zapowiedź",
+    "PrivateBin requires the PATH to end in a \"%s\". Please update the PATH in your index.php.":
+        "PrivateBin requires the PATH to end in a \"%s\". Please update the PATH in your index.php."
 }
diff --git a/i18n/sl.json b/i18n/sl.json
index 98978a4c..a6dde6cb 100644
--- a/i18n/sl.json
+++ b/i18n/sl.json
@@ -147,5 +147,7 @@
     "Options": "Možnosti",
     "Shorten URL": "Skrajšajte URL",
     "Editor": "Uredi",
-    "Preview": "Predogled"
+    "Preview": "Predogled",
+    "PrivateBin requires the PATH to end in a \"%s\". Please update the PATH in your index.php.":
+        "PrivateBin requires the PATH to end in a \"%s\". Please update the PATH in your index.php."
 }
diff --git a/i18n/zh.json b/i18n/zh.json
index f7e6395e..c8d3db72 100644
--- a/i18n/zh.json
+++ b/i18n/zh.json
@@ -138,5 +138,7 @@
     "Options": "选项",
     "Shorten URL": "缩短链接",
     "Editor": "編輯",
-    "Preview": "預習"
+    "Preview": "預習",
+    "PrivateBin requires the PATH to end in a \"%s\". Please update the PATH in your index.php.":
+        "PrivateBin requires the PATH to end in a \"%s\". Please update the PATH in your index.php."
 }
diff --git a/lib/PrivateBin.php b/lib/PrivateBin.php
index fa9d353c..434f3dea 100644
--- a/lib/PrivateBin.php
+++ b/lib/PrivateBin.php
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ class PrivateBin
      * initializes and runs PrivateBin
      *
      * @access public
+     * @throws Exception
      * @return void
      */
     public function __construct()
@@ -121,6 +122,9 @@ class PrivateBin
         if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.3.0') < 0) {
             throw new Exception(I18n::_('PrivateBin requires php 5.3.0 or above to work. Sorry.'), 1);
         }
+        if (strlen(PATH) < 0 && substr(PATH, -1) !== DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) {
+            throw new Exception(I18n::_('PrivateBin requires the PATH to end in a "%s". Please update the PATH in your index.php.', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR), 5);
+        }
 
         // load config from ini file, initialize required classes
         $this->_init();