diff --git a/agents/meshcmd.js b/agents/meshcmd.js
index 71bb9243..74b3870c 100644
--- a/agents/meshcmd.js
+++ b/agents/meshcmd.js
@@ -1306,6 +1306,7 @@ function activeToCCM() {
 }
 
 function activeToCCMEx(state) {
+    if (osamtstack == null) { console.log("Unable to perform MEI operations, try running as " + ((process.platform == 'win32') ? "administrator." : "root.")); exit(1); return; }
     osamtstack.BatchEnum(null, ['*AMT_GeneralSettings', '*IPS_HostBasedSetupService'], activeToCCMEx2);
 }