diff --git a/stocks/stocks b/stocks/stocks
index 1994359..97673df 100755
--- a/stocks/stocks
+++ b/stocks/stocks
@@ -136,8 +136,11 @@ while getopts "uv" opt; do
   esac
 done
 
+
 if [[ $1 == "update" ]];then
   update
+elif [[ $# == "0" ]];then
+  echo "Error: requires an argument either stocks [company] or stocks [stock symbol]"
 else
   getTicker $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8 $9 # the company name might have spaces so passing in all args allows for this
   getStockInformation $symbol # based on the stock symbol exrapolated by the getTicker function get information on the stock