diff --git a/src/importer/sources/retroarch_source.py b/src/importer/sources/retroarch_source.py
index 1f1c656..a790ae2 100644
--- a/src/importer/sources/retroarch_source.py
+++ b/src/importer/sources/retroarch_source.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from time import time
 
 from src import shared
+from src.errors.friendly_error import FriendlyError
 from src.game import Game
 from src.importer.sources.location import Location
 from src.importer.sources.source import Source, SourceIterationResult, SourceIterator
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ class RetroarchSourceIterator(SourceIterator):
         # Get all playlist files, ending in .lpl
         playlist_files = self.source.config_location["playlists"].glob("*.lpl")
 
+        bad_playlists = set()
+
         for playlist_file in playlist_files:
             try:
                 with open(
@@ -56,10 +59,11 @@ class RetroarchSourceIterator(SourceIterator):
                     item["core_path"],
                     playlist_json["default_core_path"],
                 ):
-                    if core_path != "DETECT":
+                    if core_path not in ("DETECT", ""):
                         break
                 else:
                     logging.warning("Cannot find core for: %s", str(item["path"]))
+                    bad_playlists.add(playlist_file.stem)
                     continue
 
                 # Build game
@@ -93,6 +97,15 @@ class RetroarchSourceIterator(SourceIterator):
 
                 yield (game, additional_data)
 
+        if bad_playlists:
+            raise FriendlyError(
+                _("No RetroArch Core Selected"),
+                # The variable is a newline separated list of playlists
+                _("The following playlists have no default core:")
+                + "\n\n{}\n\n".format("\n".join(bad_playlists))
+                + _("Games with no core selected were not imported"),
+            )
+
 
 class RetroarchSource(Source):
     args = ' -L "{core_path}" "{rom_path}"'