diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 9d0f2b5..8b437e7 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+if [ -z "$(awk '{$1=$1};1' <<< "$INPUT_REMOTE_PATH")" ]; then
+    echo "The remote_path can not be empty. see: github.com/Burnett01/rsync-deployments/issues/44"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 # Start the SSH agent and load key.
 source agent-start "$GITHUB_ACTION"
 echo "$INPUT_REMOTE_KEY" | SSH_PASS="$INPUT_REMOTE_KEY_PASS" agent-add