diff --git a/admin.php b/admin.php
index 84194804..72b66982 100644
--- a/admin.php
+++ b/admin.php
@@ -290,7 +290,11 @@ class AdminPlugin extends Plugin
         $obj = $event['object'];
 
         if ($obj instanceof Data && $obj->blueprints()->getFilename() === 'admin/blueprints') {
-            $this->grav['admin-whitebox']->compileScss($obj);
+
+            [$status, $msg] = $this->grav['admin-whitebox']->compileScss($obj);
+            if (!$status) {
+                $this->grav['messages']->add($msg, 'error');
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/classes/plugin/Whitebox.php b/classes/plugin/Whitebox.php
index 742fcb24..f810e8d4 100644
--- a/classes/plugin/Whitebox.php
+++ b/classes/plugin/Whitebox.php
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ class Whitebox
             $preset_in_path       = $admin_in_base .'/preset.scss';
             $preset_out_path      = $custom_out_base . '/'. $options['filename'] . '.css';
 
-            $this->compilePresetScss($color_scheme, $preset_in_path, $preset_out_path);
+            try {
+                $this->compilePresetScss($color_scheme, $preset_in_path, $preset_out_path);
+            } catch (\Exception $e) {
+                return [false, $e->getMessage()];
+            }
 
             return [true, 'Recompiled successfully'];