diff --git a/bcpandas/__init__.py b/bcpandas/__init__.py
index 29e76c9..6ee0504 100644
--- a/bcpandas/__init__.py
+++ b/bcpandas/__init__.py
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
     run(["bcp", "-v"], stdout=DEVNULL, stderr=DEVNULL, stdin=DEVNULL)
 except FileNotFoundError:
     warnings.warn("BCP utility not installed or not found in PATH, bcpandas will not work!")
+except PermissionError:
+    warnings.warn(
+        "BCP utility not found due to permission issues, consider supplying path to bcp or bcpandas will not work!"
+    )
+except Exception as e:
+    warnings.warn(f"An unhandled error occurred while checking for BCP utility: {e}")
 
 del run, DEVNULL, warnings