diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f73f6814..99f1b9fc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ and this project does not currently adhere to a particular versioning scheme.
 
 - Add import system. ([#544][gh-544])
 - Add multi line comment `#{ ... #}` syntax. ([#595][gh-595])
+- Add error message when input file is not found. ([#513][gh-513])
 
 ## [0.2.36] - 2024-07-04
 
@@ -372,6 +373,7 @@ and this project does not currently adhere to a particular versioning scheme.
 [gh-494]: https://github.com/HigherOrderCO/Bend/issues/494
 [gh-502]: https://github.com/HigherOrderCO/Bend/issues/502
 [gh-512]: https://github.com/HigherOrderCO/Bend/issues/512
+[gh-513]: https://github.com/HigherOrderCO/Bend/issues/513
 [gh-514]: https://github.com/HigherOrderCO/Bend/issues/514
 [gh-516]: https://github.com/HigherOrderCO/Bend/issues/516
 [gh-526]: https://github.com/HigherOrderCO/Bend/issues/526
diff --git a/src/fun/load_book.rs b/src/fun/load_book.rs
index 4e94a1fb..db1bd121 100644
--- a/src/fun/load_book.rs
+++ b/src/fun/load_book.rs
@@ -16,8 +16,16 @@ pub fn load_file_to_book(
   package_loader: impl PackageLoader,
   diag: DiagnosticsConfig,
 ) -> Result<Book, Diagnostics> {
-  let code = std::fs::read_to_string(path).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
-  load_to_book(path, &code, package_loader, diag)
+  match path.try_exists() {
+    Ok(exists) => {
+      if !exists {
+        return Err(format!("The file '{}' was not found.", path.display()).into());
+      }
+      let code = std::fs::read_to_string(path).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+      load_to_book(path, &code, package_loader, diag)
+    }
+    Err(e) => Err(e.to_string().into()),
+  }
 }
 
 pub fn load_to_book(
diff --git a/tests/golden_tests/cli/input_file_not_found.args b/tests/golden_tests/cli/input_file_not_found.args
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5f6bc09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/golden_tests/cli/input_file_not_found.args
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+run
+tests/golden_tests/missing_dir/input_file_not_found.bend
diff --git a/tests/golden_tests/cli/input_file_not_found.bend b/tests/golden_tests/cli/input_file_not_found.bend
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/tests/snapshots/cli__input_file_not_found.bend.snap b/tests/snapshots/cli__input_file_not_found.bend.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58ec9395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/snapshots/cli__input_file_not_found.bend.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+source: tests/golden_tests.rs
+input_file: tests/golden_tests/cli/input_file_not_found.bend
+---
+Errors:
+The file 'tests/golden_tests/missing_dir/input_file_not_found.bend' was not found.