diff --git a/src/main.sh b/src/main.sh
index dc2e230..44f3416 100755
--- a/src/main.sh
+++ b/src/main.sh
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ case "${1:-}" in
   # This method reads the tags of the audio files in the specified directory.
   # If the audio files contain MusicBrainz tags, and they are consistent, then
   # a decoration file is written to that directory.
+  [ ! "$FFPROBE" ] && err "This option requires ffprobe. Quitting the application now." && exit 1
   [ ! "${2:-}" ] && err "You did not specify a directory." && exit 1
   [ ! -d "$2" ] && err "Path $2 does not point to a directory." && exit 1
   if ! decorate "$2"; then
diff --git a/src/sh/local.sh b/src/sh/local.sh
index 0039e11..b9ee4a6 100644
--- a/src/sh/local.sh
+++ b/src/sh/local.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ fi
 # The tags retrieved are the MusicBrainz release ID and the MusicBrainz track
 # ID
 __gettags() {
-  ffprobe -v error -show_entries format_tags -print_format json "$1" |
+  $FFPROBE -v error -show_entries format_tags -print_format json "$1" |
     $JQ '.format.tags | {
       trackid: (."MusicBrainz Release Track Id" // ."MUSICBRAINZ_RELEASETRACKID" // ."MusicBrainz/Release Track Id" // ""),
       releaseid: (."MusicBrainz Album Id" // ."MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMID" // ."MusicBrainz/Album Id" // "")
diff --git a/src/sh/tools.sh b/src/sh/tools.sh
index 19255eb..9cca575 100644
--- a/src/sh/tools.sh
+++ b/src/sh/tools.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ if [ ! "${TOOLS_LOADED:-}" ]; then
   fi
   export SOCAT
 
+  command -v "ffprobe" >/dev/null && FFPROBE="ffprobe" || FFPROBE=""
+  export FFPROBE
+
   command -v "xsel" >/dev/null && CLIP="xsel" || CLIP="true"
   export CLIP