diff --git a/bin/torcrawler/launch_splash_crawler.sh b/bin/torcrawler/launch_splash_crawler.sh
index 412022c1..e47efc36 100755
--- a/bin/torcrawler/launch_splash_crawler.sh
+++ b/bin/torcrawler/launch_splash_crawler.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,21 @@ if [ -z "${p}" ] || [ -z "${f}" ] || [ -z "${n}" ]; then
     usage;
 fi
 
+RED="\\033[1;31m"
+DEFAULT="\\033[0;39m"
+GREEN="\\033[1;32m"
+WHITE="\\033[0;02m"
+
+if [ ! -d "${f}" ]; then
+    printf "$RED\n Error -f, proxy-profiles directory: $WHITE${f}$RED not found\n$DEFAULT Please check if you enter the correct path\n"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f "${f}default.ini" ]; then
+    printf "$RED\n Error -f, proxy configuration file:$WHITE default.ini$RED not found\n$DEFAULT Please check if you enter the correct path\n"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 screen -dmS "Docker_Splash"
 sleep 0.1
 
@@ -39,5 +54,5 @@ for ((i=0;i<=$((${n} - 1));i++)); do
     port_number=$((${p} + $i))
     screen -S "Docker_Splash" -X screen -t "docker_splash:$port_number" bash -c 'sudo docker run -p '$port_number':8050 --cpus=1 --memory=4.5G -v '$f':/etc/splash/proxy-profiles/ --net="bridge" scrapinghub/splash; read x'
     sleep 0.1
-    echo "    Splash server launched on port $port_number"
+    printf "$GREEN    Splash server launched on port $port_number$DEFAULT\n"
 done