diff --git a/bin/cookie_extractor b/bin/cookie_extractor
index daacc64..7b9128c 100755
--- a/bin/cookie_extractor
+++ b/bin/cookie_extractor
@@ -4,9 +4,19 @@ require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "lib", "cookie_
 
 # TODO: Locate cookie dbs automatically
 filename = ARGV.first
-if filename
-  extractor = CookieExtractor::BrowserDetector.new_extractor(filename)
-  puts extractor.extract.join("\n")
-else
+unless filename
   puts "Usage: cookie_extractor /path/to/cookies.sqlite"
+  exit
+end
+
+if File.exists?(filename)
+  begin
+    extractor = CookieExtractor::BrowserDetector.new_extractor(filename)
+    puts extractor.extract.join("\n")
+  rescue SQLite3::NotADatabaseException,
+    CookieExtractor::BrowserNotDetectedException
+    puts "Error: File '#{filename}' is not a Firefox or Chrome cookie database"
+  end
+else
+  puts "Error: File '#{filename}' does not exist"
 end
diff --git a/lib/cookie_extractor/browser_detector.rb b/lib/cookie_extractor/browser_detector.rb
index 48e870d..dcf9468 100644
--- a/lib/cookie_extractor/browser_detector.rb
+++ b/lib/cookie_extractor/browser_detector.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 module CookieExtractor
+  class BrowserNotDetectedException < Exception; end
+
   class BrowserDetector
 
     def self.new_extractor(db_filename)