diff --git a/src/SASViyaApiClient.ts b/src/SASViyaApiClient.ts
index bfcdb81..e2e03d3 100644
--- a/src/SASViyaApiClient.ts
+++ b/src/SASViyaApiClient.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import { isAuthorizeFormRequired } from './auth/isAuthorizeFormRequired'
 import { RequestClient } from './request/RequestClient'
 import { prefixMessage } from '@sasjs/utils/error'
 import * as mime from 'mime'
+import jwtDecode from 'jwt-decode'
 
 /**
  * A client for interfacing with the SAS Viya REST API.
@@ -610,7 +611,8 @@ export class SASViyaApiClient {
     parentFolderPath?: string,
     parentFolderUri?: string,
     accessToken?: string,
-    isForced?: boolean
+    isForced?: boolean,
+    serverUrl?: string
   ): Promise<Folder> {
     const logger = process.logger || console
     if (!parentFolderPath && !parentFolderUri) {
@@ -630,7 +632,17 @@ export class SASViyaApiClient {
         )
         const newFolderName = `${parentFolderPath.split('/').pop()}`
         if (newParentFolderPath === '') {
-          throw new Error('Root folder has to be present on the server.')
+          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 tokenResponse: any = jwtDecode(accessToken)
+            const scope = tokenResponse.scope
+            error =
+              error + `The following scopes are contained in client/secret:\n`
+            scope.forEach((element: any) => {
+              error = error + `* ${element}\n`
+            })
+          }
+          throw new Error(error)
         }
         logger.info(
           `Creating parent folder:\n'${newFolderName}' in '${newParentFolderPath}'`
@@ -639,7 +651,9 @@ export class SASViyaApiClient {
           newFolderName,
           newParentFolderPath,
           undefined,
-          accessToken
+          accessToken,
+          isForced,
+          serverUrl
         )
         logger.info(
           `Parent folder '${newFolderName}' has been successfully created.`
diff --git a/src/SASjs.ts b/src/SASjs.ts
index d60ad27..5cffc70 100644
--- a/src/SASjs.ts
+++ b/src/SASjs.ts
@@ -282,21 +282,25 @@ export default class SASjs {
     parentFolderUri?: string,
     accessToken?: string,
     sasApiClient?: SASViyaApiClient,
-    isForced?: boolean
+    isForced?: boolean,
+    serverUrl?: string
   ) {
     if (sasApiClient)
       return await sasApiClient.createFolder(
         folderName,
         parentFolderPath,
         parentFolderUri,
-        accessToken
+        accessToken,
+        isForced,
+        serverUrl
       )
     return await this.sasViyaApiClient!.createFolder(
       folderName,
       parentFolderPath,
       parentFolderUri,
       accessToken,
-      isForced
+      isForced,
+      serverUrl
     )
   }
 
@@ -761,7 +765,8 @@ export default class SASjs {
       members,
       accessToken,
       sasApiClient,
-      isForced
+      isForced,
+      serverUrl
     )
   }
 
@@ -969,7 +974,8 @@ export default class SASjs {
     membersJson: any[],
     accessToken?: string,
     sasApiClient?: SASViyaApiClient,
-    isForced?: boolean
+    isForced?: boolean,
+    serverUrl?: string
   ) {
     await asyncForEach(membersJson, async (member: any) => {
       switch (member.type) {
@@ -980,7 +986,8 @@ export default class SASjs {
             undefined,
             accessToken,
             sasApiClient,
-            isForced
+            isForced,
+            serverUrl
           )
           break
         case 'file':
@@ -1012,7 +1019,8 @@ export default class SASjs {
           member.members,
           accessToken,
           sasApiClient,
-          isForced
+          isForced,
+          serverUrl
         )
     })
   }