diff --git a/AM2RLauncher/AM2RLauncher/MainForm/MainForm.Methods.cs b/AM2RLauncher/AM2RLauncher/MainForm/MainForm.Methods.cs
index ad6aadd..6fb7e8e 100644
--- a/AM2RLauncher/AM2RLauncher/MainForm/MainForm.Methods.cs
+++ b/AM2RLauncher/AM2RLauncher/MainForm/MainForm.Methods.cs
@@ -1118,9 +1118,17 @@ namespace AM2RLauncher
 
             string tmpPath = Path.GetTempPath() + Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(zipPath);
 
+            // clean up in case folder exists already
+            if (Directory.Exists(tmpPath))
+                Directory.Delete(tmpPath, true);
+
             //extract zip to tmp path first
             ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(zipPath, tmpPath);
 
+            // If the game is packed into a subfolder, throw error for that
+            if (Directory.GetDirectories(tmpPath).Length == 1 && new DirectoryInfo(Directory.GetDirectories(tmpPath).First()).Name != "lang")
+                return IsZipAM2R11ReturnCodes.GameIsInASubfolder;
+
             // check if exe exists
             if (!File.Exists(tmpPath + "/AM2R.exe"))
                 return IsZipAM2R11ReturnCodes.MissingAM2RExe;
diff --git a/AM2RLauncher/AM2RLauncher/MainForm/MainForm.UI.cs b/AM2RLauncher/AM2RLauncher/MainForm/MainForm.UI.cs
index 3d0563f..9798d99 100644
--- a/AM2RLauncher/AM2RLauncher/MainForm/MainForm.UI.cs
+++ b/AM2RLauncher/AM2RLauncher/MainForm/MainForm.UI.cs
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ namespace AM2RLauncher
             Successful,
             MissingAM2RExe,
             MissingOrInvalidD3DX9_43Dll,
-            MissingOrInvalidDataWin
+            MissingOrInvalidDataWin,
+            GameIsInASubfolder
         }
 
         // Splashes