diff --git a/pio-tools/override_copy.py b/pio-tools/override_copy.py
index 53a2762a5..7a45512a8 100644
--- a/pio-tools/override_copy.py
+++ b/pio-tools/override_copy.py
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 Import('env')
 
 import os
+import pathlib
+from os.path import join
 import shutil
 
+if " " in join(pathlib.Path(env["PROJECT_DIR"])):
+    print ("\u001b[31;1m*** Whitespace(s) in project path, unexpected issues/errors can happen ***\u001b[0m")
+
 # copy tasmota/user_config_override_sample.h to tasmota/user_config_override.h
 if os.path.isfile("tasmota/user_config_override.h"):
     print ("*** use provided user_config_override.h as planned ***")