diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index bb7180d..6e92cdb 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ var (
 	asSelector = app.Flag("select", "Select an item from clipboard history").Short('s').Default("false").Bool()
 	noPersist  = app.Flag("no-persist", "Don't persist a copy buffer after a program exits").Short('P').Default("false").Bool()
 	max        = app.Flag("max-items", "items to store in history (with -d) or display before scrolling (with -s)").Default("15").Int()
-    tool       = app.Flag("selector", "Which selector to use: dmenu/rofi").Default("dmenu").String()
+	tool       = app.Flag("selector", "Which selector to use: dmenu/rofi").Default("dmenu").String()
 )
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/selector.go b/selector.go
index a01b8ac..5934887 100644
--- a/selector.go
+++ b/selector.go
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ func selector(history []string, max int, tool string) error {
 
 	selected, err := dmenu(history, max, tool)
 	if err != nil {
-		// dmenu exits with error when no selection done
-		return nil
+		if err.Error() == "exit status 1" {
+			// dmenu exits with this error when no selection done
+			return nil
+		}
+		return err
 	}
 
 	// serve selection to the OS
@@ -30,6 +33,11 @@ func dmenu(list []string, max int, tool string) (string, error) {
 		return "", nil
 	}
 
+	bin, err := exec.LookPath("/usr/bin/" + tool)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("%s is not installed", tool)
+	}
+
 	var args []string
 	if tool == "dmenu" {
 		args = []string{"dmenu", "-b",
@@ -62,7 +70,7 @@ func dmenu(list []string, max int, tool string) (string, error) {
 
 	input := strings.NewReader(strings.Join(reprList, "\n"))
 
-	cmd := exec.Cmd{Path: "/usr/bin/" + tool, Args: args, Stdin: input}
+	cmd := exec.Cmd{Path: bin, Args: args, Stdin: input}
 	selected, err := cmd.Output()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err