diff --git a/src/download-utils.js b/src/download-utils.js
index 5d3f034..2b2ab2e 100644
--- a/src/download-utils.js
+++ b/src/download-utils.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ async function download_and_untar(
 
     // Delete the tarball
     fs.unlinkSync(full_path)
-    console.log(`✅ {${pkgname}} downloaded and extracted ----\n`);
+    console.log(`✅ {${pkgname}} downloaded and extracted ----`);
   } catch (error) {
     console.error('Error:', error.message);
   }
diff --git a/src/init.js b/src/init.js
index bf1cafa..1ee5b6e 100644
--- a/src/init.js
+++ b/src/init.js
@@ -1,18 +1,24 @@
 const fs = require("fs");
 const path = require("path");
 const log = console.log;
+const error = console.error;
 const { execSync } = require("child_process");
 
 const {installIt} = require("./install");
 
 const init = async (destination_folder) => {
 
+  // check if destination_folder does not exists
+  if (fs.existsSync(destination_folder)){
+    error(`❌ A folder named ${destination_folder} already exists. \nPlease choose another name or remove the existing folder.`);
+    return false;
+  }
+
   log("👉 Initializing project ----");
   log("(This may take some time, please be patient)")
 
   // Making destination_folder folder full path
   destination_folder = path.resolve(destination_folder);
-  basename = path.basename(destination_folder);
 
   // creating the folder if it doesn't exist
   if (!fs.existsSync(destination_folder)){
diff --git a/src/install-utils.js b/src/install-utils.js
index d033b7f..3776cc2 100644
--- a/src/install-utils.js
+++ b/src/install-utils.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const installOnePackage = async function (
 ) {
   // check if the package is already installed
   if (fs.existsSync(path.join(destination_folder, pkgname))) {
-    console.log(`❗️ Package {${pkgname}} is already installed`)
+    console.log(`❗️ {${pkgname}} is already installed`)
     return
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/init.test.js b/tests/init.test.js
index 15b5425..580c53d 100644
--- a/tests/init.test.js
+++ b/tests/init.test.js
@@ -60,4 +60,9 @@ test('init works', async () => {
     )
   ).toBe(true);
 
+  // testing that the function return undefined
+  // if the folder already exists
+  const folder_can_be_created = await init(temp_dir);
+  expect(folder_can_be_created).toBe(false);
+
 }, 1000000);
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