diff --git a/changelog/57_UNRELEASED_2020-xx-xx.md b/changelog/57_UNRELEASED_2020-xx-xx.md
index a1e9d657..b8f0e1ed 100644
--- a/changelog/57_UNRELEASED_2020-xx-xx.md
+++ b/changelog/57_UNRELEASED_2020-xx-xx.md
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 - Fixed a PHP notice on the recipes page when there are no recipes (thanks @mrunkel)
 
 ### General & other improvements
+- Prerequisites (PHP extensions, critical files/folders) will now be checked and properly reported if there are problems (thanks @Forceu)
 - Improved the the overview pages on mobile devices (main column was hidden) (thanks @Mik-)
diff --git a/helpers/PrerequisiteChecker.php b/helpers/PrerequisiteChecker.php
index 5730081a..96e16c3e 100644
--- a/helpers/PrerequisiteChecker.php
+++ b/helpers/PrerequisiteChecker.php
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 <?php
 
-class ERequirementNotMet extends Exception {
-}
+class ERequirementNotMet extends Exception { }
 
+const REQUIRED_PHP_EXTENSIONS = array('fileinfo', 'pdo_sqlite', 'gd');
 
-const REQUIRED_PHP_EXTENSIONS = array("fileinfo", "pdo_sqlite", "gd");
-
-class PrerequisiteChecker {
-    
-    public function checkRequirements() {
+class PrerequisiteChecker
+{
+    public function checkRequirements()
+    {
         self::checkForConfigFile();
         self::checkForConfigDistFile();
         self::checkForComposer();
@@ -17,34 +16,47 @@ class PrerequisiteChecker {
     }
     
     
-    private function checkForConfigFile() {
-        if (!file_exists(__DIR__ . "/../data/config.php"))
-            throw new ERequirementNotMet("/data/config.php not found. Have you copied config-dist.php to the data directory and renamed it to config.php?");
+    private function checkForConfigFile()
+    {
+        if (!file_exists(__DIR__ . '/../data/config.php'))
+        {
+            throw new ERequirementNotMet('/data/config.php not found. Have you copied config-dist.php to the data directory and renamed it to config.php?');
+        }
     }
 
-    private function checkForConfigDistFile() {
-        if (!file_exists(__DIR__ . "/../config-dist.php"))
-            throw new ERequirementNotMet("config-dist.php not found. Please do not remove this file.");
+    private function checkForConfigDistFile()
+    {
+        if (!file_exists(__DIR__ . '/../config-dist.php'))
+        {
+            throw new ERequirementNotMet('config-dist.php not found. Please do not remove this file.');
+        }
     }
 
-    private function checkForComposer() {
-        if (!file_exists(__DIR__ . "/../vendor/autoload.php"))
-            throw new ERequirementNotMet("/vendor/autoload.php not found. Have you run Composer?");
+    private function checkForComposer()
+    {
+        if (!file_exists(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php'))
+        {
+            throw new ERequirementNotMet('/vendor/autoload.php not found. Have you run Composer?');
+        }
     }
 
-    private function checkForYarn() {
-        if (!file_exists(__DIR__ . "/../public/node_modules"))
-            throw new ERequirementNotMet("/public/node_modules not found. Have you run Yarn?");
+    private function checkForYarn()
+    {
+        if (!file_exists(__DIR__ . '/../public/node_modules'))
+        {
+            throw new ERequirementNotMet('/public/node_modules not found. Have you run Yarn?');
+        }
     }
 
-    private function checkForPhpExtensions() {
+    private function checkForPhpExtensions()
+    {
         $loadedExtensions = get_loaded_extensions();
-        foreach (REQUIRED_PHP_EXTENSIONS as $extension) {
+        foreach (REQUIRED_PHP_EXTENSIONS as $extension)
+        {
             if (!in_array($extension, $loadedExtensions))
+            {
                 throw new ERequirementNotMet("PHP module '{$extension}' not installed, but required.");
+            }
         }
     }
 }
-
-
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/index.php b/public/index.php
index f65a1f7a..e22b3975 100644
--- a/public/index.php
+++ b/public/index.php
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 
 require_once __DIR__ . '/../helpers/PrerequisiteChecker.php';
 
-try {
+try
+{
 	(new PrerequisiteChecker)->checkRequirements();
-} catch (ERequirementNotMet $e) {
-    die("Unable to run grocy: " . $e->getMessage());
+}
+catch (ERequirementNotMet $ex)
+{
+    die('Unable to run grocy: ' . $ex->getMessage());
 }
 
 require_once __DIR__ . '/../app.php';
-
-?>
\ No newline at end of file