diff --git a/utils/crawl_github_files.py b/utils/crawl_github_files.py
index 23e394a..9c32f19 100644
--- a/utils/crawl_github_files.py
+++ b/utils/crawl_github_files.py
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ def crawl_github_files(
             if not token:
                 print(f"Error 404: Repository not found or is private.\n"
                       f"If this is a private repository, please provide a valid GitHub token via the 'token' argument or set the GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable.")
+            elif not path and ref == 'main':
+                print(f"Error 404: Repository not found. Check if the default branch is not 'main'\n"
+                      f"Try adding branch name to the request i.e. python main.py --repo https://github.com/username/repo/tree/master")
             else:
                 print(f"Error 404: Path '{path}' not found in repository or insufficient permissions with the provided token.\n"
                       f"Please verify the token has access to this repository and the path exists.")
@@ -309,4 +312,4 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     if files:
         sample_file = next(iter(files))
         print(f"\nSample file: {sample_file}")
-        print(f"Content preview: {files[sample_file][:200]}...")
\ No newline at end of file
+        print(f"Content preview: {files[sample_file][:200]}...")