diff --git a/dist/bot.js b/dist/bot.js
index ff50669..a17c942 100644
--- a/dist/bot.js
+++ b/dist/bot.js
@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ class OcrccBot {
         timeZone: "America/New_York"
       });
       const filepath = this.localStorage.getItem(`${roomId}-transcript`);
+
+      if (!filepath) {
+        return _logger.default.log("error", `NO TRANSCRIPT FILE FOR ROOM: ${roomId}`);
+      }
+
       const message = `${sender} [${time}]: ${content.body}\n`;
       fs.appendFileSync(filepath, message, "utf8");
     } catch (err) {
diff --git a/src/bot.js b/src/bot.js
index 96401ff..9581973 100644
--- a/src/bot.js
+++ b/src/bot.js
@@ -173,6 +173,11 @@ class OcrccBot {
         timeZone: "America/New_York"
       });
       const filepath = this.localStorage.getItem(`${roomId}-transcript`)
+
+      if (!filepath) {
+        return logger.log("error", `NO TRANSCRIPT FILE FOR ROOM: ${roomId}`);
+      }
+
       const message = `${sender} [${time}]: ${content.body}\n`;
 
       fs.appendFileSync(filepath, message, "utf8");