diff --git a/docs/manual/troubleshooting.md b/docs/manual/troubleshooting.md
index eea1ac87..f7b578f3 100644
--- a/docs/manual/troubleshooting.md
+++ b/docs/manual/troubleshooting.md
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ Also, you can view extension logs directly in VS Code:
 
 These logs are helpful when reporting issues on GitHub.
 
+### Can't access the Tolk standard library folder
+
+TODO
+
 ## Reporting Issues
 
 If you encounter an issue not covered here:
diff --git a/server/src/indexing/indexing.ts b/server/src/indexing/indexing.ts
index 89461763..7be55208 100644
--- a/server/src/indexing/indexing.ts
+++ b/server/src/indexing/indexing.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@ import {fileURLToPath} from "node:url"
 
 import * as path from "node:path"
 
+import * as fs from "node:fs"
+
 import {glob} from "glob"
 
 import {filePathToUri} from "@server/files"
+import {showErrorMessage, troubleshootingLink} from "@server/utils/notify"
 
 export enum IndexingRootKind {
     Stdlib = "stdlib",
@@ -40,6 +43,14 @@ export abstract class IndexingRoot {
             ignore: ignore,
         })
         if (files.length === 0) {
+            if (!this.checkReadAccess(this.root)) {
+                const see = troubleshootingLink("cant-access-the-tolk-standard-library-folder")
+                const message = `Can't access the '${this.root}' folder in the Tolk standard library.\nSee: ${see}`
+
+                showErrorMessage(message)
+                console.error(message)
+            }
+
             console.warn(`No file to index in ${this.root}`)
         }
         for (const filePath of files) {
@@ -50,5 +61,14 @@ export abstract class IndexingRoot {
         }
     }
 
+    private checkReadAccess(path: string): boolean {
+        try {
+            fs.accessSync(path, fs.constants.R_OK)
+            return true
+        } catch {
+            return false
+        }
+    }
+
     protected abstract onFile(uri: string): Promise<void>
 }
diff --git a/server/src/server.ts b/server/src/server.ts
index 5f9735ef..eb145303 100644
--- a/server/src/server.ts
+++ b/server/src/server.ts
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ import {collectFuncCodeLenses} from "@server/languages/func/lens"
 import {collectFiftCodeLenses} from "@server/languages/fift/lens"
 import {contractAbi} from "@server/languages/tolk/lang/abi/compute"
 
+import {showErrorMessage} from "@server/utils/notify"
+
 import {initParser} from "./parser"
 import {DocumentStore} from "./document-store"
 import {connection} from "./connection"
@@ -230,13 +232,6 @@ async function handleFileOpen(
     }
 }
 
-const showErrorMessage = (msg: string): void => {
-    void connection.sendNotification(lsp.ShowMessageNotification.type, {
-        type: lsp.MessageType.Error,
-        message: msg,
-    })
-}
-
 async function findTolkStdlib(settings: ServerSettings, rootDir: string): Promise<string | null> {
     if (settings.tolk.stdlib.path !== null && settings.tolk.stdlib.path.length > 0) {
         return settings.tolk.stdlib.path
diff --git a/server/src/utils/notify.ts b/server/src/utils/notify.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e9311c42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/utils/notify.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import * as lsp from "vscode-languageserver"
+
+import {connection} from "@server/connection"
+
+export const showErrorMessage = (msg: string): void => {
+    void connection.sendNotification(lsp.ShowMessageNotification.type, {
+        type: lsp.MessageType.Error,
+        message: msg,
+    })
+}
+
+export const troubleshootingLink = (section?: string): string => {
+    const troubleshootingDocsLink =
+        "https://github.com/ton-blockchain/ton-language-server/blob/main/docs/manual/troubleshooting.md"
+
+    if (section == undefined) {
+        return `${troubleshootingDocsLink}#${section}`
+    }
+
+    return troubleshootingDocsLink
+}