diff --git a/debian/scripts/koha-create b/debian/scripts/koha-create
index 412eb74a20..5292f78da0 100755
--- a/debian/scripts/koha-create
+++ b/debian/scripts/koha-create
@@ -548,6 +548,8 @@ fi
 
 set_authorities_indexing_mode $AUTHORITIES_INDEXING_MODE $ZEBRA_MARC_FORMAT
 
+[ $# -ge 1 ] || ( usage ; die "Missing instance name..." )
+
 name="$1"
 
 set_upload_path $name