diff --git a/core/views/survex.py b/core/views/survex.py
index 09bb434..9b6fc18 100644
--- a/core/views/survex.py
+++ b/core/views/survex.py
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ class SvxForm(forms.Form):
             if not os.path.exists(newpath):
                 os.makedirs(newpath) 
             fout = open(fname, "wt", encoding='utf8',newline='\n')
+        except PermissionError:
+            return "CANNOT  save this file.\nPERMISSIONS incorrectly set on server for this file. Ask a nerd to fix this."
 
         # javascript seems to insert CRLF on WSL1 whatever you say. So fix that:
         res = fout.write(rcode.replace("\r",""))