diff --git a/src/frontend/screens.cpp b/src/frontend/screens.cpp
index 984ebc0e..0a45adfa 100644
--- a/src/frontend/screens.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/screens.cpp
@@ -52,20 +52,23 @@ shared_ptr<UINode> create_main_menu_panel(Engine* engine) {
 
     Panel* worldsPanel = new Panel(vec2(390, 200), vec4(5.0f));
     worldsPanel->color(vec4(0.1f));
-    for (auto const& entry : directory_iterator(enginefs::get_worlds_folder())) {
-        string name = entry.path().filename().string();
-        Button* button = new Button(util::str2wstr_utf8(name), 
-                                    vec4(10.0f, 8.0f, 10.0f, 8.0f));
-        button->color(vec4(0.5f));
-        button->listenAction([engine, panel, name](GUI*) {
-            EngineSettings& settings = engine->getSettings();
+    path worldsFolder = enginefs::get_worlds_folder();
+    if (std::filesystem::is_directory(worldsFolder)) {
+        for (auto const& entry : directory_iterator(worldsFolder)) {
+            string name = entry.path().filename().string();
+            Button* button = new Button(util::str2wstr_utf8(name), 
+                                        vec4(10.0f, 8.0f, 10.0f, 8.0f));
+            button->color(vec4(0.5f));
+            button->listenAction([engine, panel, name](GUI*) {
+                EngineSettings& settings = engine->getSettings();
 
-            auto folder = enginefs::get_worlds_folder()/u8path(name);
-            World* world = new World(name, folder, 42, settings);
-            auto screen = new LevelScreen(engine, world->load(settings));
-            engine->setScreen(shared_ptr<Screen>(screen));
-        });
-        worldsPanel->add(button);
+                auto folder = enginefs::get_worlds_folder()/u8path(name);
+                World* world = new World(name, folder, 42, settings);
+                auto screen = new LevelScreen(engine, world->load(settings));
+                engine->setScreen(shared_ptr<Screen>(screen));
+            });
+            worldsPanel->add(button);
+        }
     }
     panel->add(worldsPanel);