diff --git a/src/SASViyaApiClient.ts b/src/SASViyaApiClient.ts
index 8657b82..dcd9d92 100644
--- a/src/SASViyaApiClient.ts
+++ b/src/SASViyaApiClient.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { isRelativePath, isUri, isUrl } from './utils'
+import { isRelativePath, isUri, isUrl, rootFolderNotFound } from './utils'
 import * as NodeFormData from 'form-data'
 import {
   Job,
@@ -14,13 +14,7 @@ import {
 import { JobExecutionError } from './types/errors'
 import { SessionManager } from './SessionManager'
 import { ContextManager } from './ContextManager'
-import { decodeToken } from '@sasjs/utils/auth'
-import {
-  SasAuthResponse,
-  MacroVar,
-  AuthConfig,
-  DecodedToken
-} from '@sasjs/utils/types'
+import { SasAuthResponse, MacroVar, AuthConfig } from '@sasjs/utils/types'
 import { isAuthorizeFormRequired } from './auth/isAuthorizeFormRequired'
 import { RequestClient } from './request/RequestClient'
 import { prefixMessage } from '@sasjs/utils/error'
@@ -387,17 +381,7 @@ export class SASViyaApiClient {
         )
         const newFolderName = `${parentFolderPath.split('/').pop()}`
         if (newParentFolderPath === '') {
-          let error: string = `Root folder ${parentFolderPath} was not found\nPlease check ${this.serverUrl}/SASDrive\nIf folder DOES exist then it is likely a permission problem\n`
-          if (accessToken) {
-            const decodedToken: DecodedToken = decodeToken(accessToken)
-            const scope = decodedToken.scope
-            error =
-              error + `The following scopes are contained in access token:\n`
-            scope.forEach((element: any) => {
-              error = error + `* ${element}\n`
-            })
-          }
-          throw new Error(error)
+          rootFolderNotFound(parentFolderPath, this.serverUrl, accessToken)
         }
         logger.info(
           `Creating parent folder:\n'${newFolderName}' in '${newParentFolderPath}'`
diff --git a/src/test/utils/throwError.spec.ts b/src/test/utils/throwError.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..363ebfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/utils/throwError.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { rootFolderNotFound } from '../../utils'
+
+describe('root folder not found', () => {
+  it('when access token is provided, error message should contain scope of accessToken', () => {
+    const token =
+      'eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzY29wZSI6WyJzY29wZS0xIiwic2NvcGUtMiJdfQ.ktqPL2ulln-8Asa2jSV9QCfDYmQuNk4tNKopxJR5xZs'
+    let error
+    try {
+      rootFolderNotFound('/myProject', 'https://analytium.co.uk', token)
+    } catch (err) {
+      error = err.message
+    }
+    expect(error).toContain('scope-1')
+    expect(error).toContain('scope-2')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/utils/index.ts b/src/utils/index.ts
index 2a05d63..6501f54 100644
--- a/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ export * from './parseWeboutResponse'
 export * from './fetchLogByChunks'
 export * from './getValidJson'
 export * from './parseViyaDebugResponse'
+export * from './throwError'
diff --git a/src/utils/throwError.ts b/src/utils/throwError.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c054e10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/throwError.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { DecodedToken, decodeToken } from '@sasjs/utils'
+
+export const rootFolderNotFound = (
+  parentFolderPath: string,
+  serverUrl: string,
+  accessToken?: string
+) => {
+  let error: string = `Root folder ${parentFolderPath} was not found\nPlease check ${serverUrl}/SASDrive\nIf folder DOES exist then it is likely a permission problem\n`
+  if (accessToken) {
+    const decodedToken: DecodedToken = decodeToken(accessToken)
+    let scope = decodedToken.scope
+    scope = scope.map((element) => '* ' + element)
+    error +=
+      `The following scopes are contained in access token:\n` + scope.join('\n')
+  }
+  throw new Error(error)
+}