diff --git a/PFERD/errors.py b/PFERD/errors.py
index c12d23a..dee3d5a 100644
--- a/PFERD/errors.py
+++ b/PFERD/errors.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ An error logging decorator.
 import logging
 from typing import Any, Callable
 
+from rich.console import Console
+
 from .logging import FatalException, PrettyLogger
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/PFERD/ilias/crawler.py b/PFERD/ilias/crawler.py
index 6ed527c..e58f444 100644
--- a/PFERD/ilias/crawler.py
+++ b/PFERD/ilias/crawler.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from urllib.parse import (parse_qs, urlencode, urljoin, urlparse, urlsplit,
 import bs4
 import requests
 
-from ..logging import PrettyLogger
+from ..logging import FatalException, PrettyLogger
 from ..utils import soupify
 from .authenticators import IliasAuthenticator
 from .date_demangler import demangle_date
@@ -80,9 +80,18 @@ class IliasCrawler:
             self._base_url + "/goto.php", "target", f"crs_{self._course_id}"
         )
 
+        if not self._is_course_id_valid(root_url):
+            raise FatalException(
+                "Invalid course id? The URL the server returned did not contain my id."
+            )
+
         # And treat it as a folder
         return self._crawl_folder(Path(""), root_url)
 
+    def _is_course_id_valid(self, root_url: str) -> bool:
+        response: requests.Response = self._session.get(root_url)
+        return self._course_id in response.url
+
     def _switch_on_crawled_type(
             self,
             path: Path,
diff --git a/PFERD/pferd.py b/PFERD/pferd.py
index 74e54c5..1f9e431 100644
--- a/PFERD/pferd.py
+++ b/PFERD/pferd.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from .ilias import (IliasAuthenticator, IliasCrawler, IliasDirectoryFilter,
                     IliasDownloader, IliasDownloadStrategy,
                     KitShibbolethAuthenticator, download_modified_or_new)
 from .location import Location
-from .logging import PrettyLogger
+from .logging import FatalException, PrettyLogger
 from .organizer import Organizer
 from .tmp_dir import TmpDir
 from .transform import TF, Transform, apply_transform
@@ -168,11 +168,18 @@ class Pferd(Location):
             clean {bool} -- Whether to clean up when the method finishes.
         """
         tmp_dir = self._tmp_dir.new_subdir()
+
+        if target is None:
+            PRETTY.starting_synchronizer("None", "DIVA", playlist_id)
+            raise FatalException("Got 'None' as target directory, aborting")
+
         if isinstance(target, Organizer):
             organizer = target
         else:
             organizer = Organizer(self.resolve(to_path(target)))
 
+        PRETTY.starting_synchronizer(organizer.path, "DIVA", playlist_id)
+
         crawler = DivaPlaylistCrawler(playlist_id)
         downloader = DivaDownloader(tmp_dir, organizer, download_strategy)