diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/jetbrains/snakecharm/SmkNotifier.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/jetbrains/snakecharm/SmkNotifier.kt
index 53ec0bc9..4d027944 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/jetbrains/snakecharm/SmkNotifier.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/jetbrains/snakecharm/SmkNotifier.kt
@@ -30,6 +30,22 @@ object SmkNotifier {
         }).notify(module.project)
     }
 
+    fun notifyImpossibleToCreateFileOrDirectory(name: String, project: Project){
+        NotificationGroupManager.getInstance().getNotificationGroup(NOTIFICATION_GROUP_ID).createNotification(
+            title = SnakemakeBundle.message("notifier.msg.create.env.file.title"),
+            content = SnakemakeBundle.message("notifier.msg.create.env.file.io.exception", name),
+            type = NotificationType.ERROR
+        ).notify(project)
+    }
+
+    fun notifyTargetFileIsInvalid(name: String, project: Project) {
+        NotificationGroupManager.getInstance().getNotificationGroup(NOTIFICATION_GROUP_ID).createNotification(
+            title = SnakemakeBundle.message("notifier.msg.create.env.file.title"),
+            content = SnakemakeBundle.message("notifier.msg.create.env.file.invalid.file.exception", name),
+            type = NotificationType.ERROR
+        ).notify(project)
+    }
+
     fun notify(content: String, type: NotificationType = NotificationType.INFORMATION, project: Project? = null) =
         NotificationGroupManager.getInstance().getNotificationGroup(NOTIFICATION_GROUP_ID)
             .createNotification(content, type).also {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/jetbrains/snakecharm/inspections/quickfix/CreateEnvFile.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/jetbrains/snakecharm/inspections/quickfix/CreateEnvFile.kt
index e4d2963b..9d1d7db3 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/jetbrains/snakecharm/inspections/quickfix/CreateEnvFile.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/jetbrains/snakecharm/inspections/quickfix/CreateEnvFile.kt
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ package com.jetbrains.snakecharm.inspections.quickfix
 
 import com.intellij.codeInspection.LocalQuickFixOnPsiElement
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
+import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.InvalidVirtualFileAccessException
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiDocumentManager
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiFile
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiManager
+import com.jetbrains.snakecharm.SmkNotifier
 import com.jetbrains.snakecharm.SnakemakeBundle
+import java.io.IOException
 
 class CreateEnvFile(expr: PsiElement, private val fileName: String) : LocalQuickFixOnPsiElement(expr) {
     private val defaultContext = """
@@ -22,20 +25,25 @@ class CreateEnvFile(expr: PsiElement, private val fileName: String) : LocalQuick
         val tokens = fileName.split('/')
         val targetName = tokens.lastOrNull() ?: return
         var currentFile = file.virtualFile.parent
-        // TODO: maybe use try-catch and Notifications if any part of path is invalid
-        tokens.forEach {
-            if (it == targetName) {
-                val resultVirtualFile = currentFile.createChildData(this, targetName)
-                val resultPsiFile = PsiManager.getInstance(project).findFile(resultVirtualFile) ?: return
-                val doc = PsiDocumentManager.getInstance(project).getDocument(resultPsiFile) ?: return
-                doc.insertString(0, defaultContext)
-                return
-            }
-            currentFile = if (it == "..") {
-                currentFile.parent ?: return
-            } else {
-                currentFile.findChild(it) ?: currentFile.createChildDirectory(this, it)
+        try {
+            tokens.forEach {
+                if (it == targetName) {
+                    val resultVirtualFile = currentFile.createChildData(this, targetName)
+                    val resultPsiFile = PsiManager.getInstance(project).findFile(resultVirtualFile) ?: return
+                    val doc = PsiDocumentManager.getInstance(project).getDocument(resultPsiFile) ?: return
+                    doc.insertString(0, defaultContext)
+                    return
+                }
+                currentFile = if (it == "..") {
+                    currentFile.parent ?: return
+                } else {
+                    currentFile.findChild(it) ?: currentFile.createChildDirectory(this, it)
+                }
             }
+        } catch (e: InvalidVirtualFileAccessException) {
+            SmkNotifier.notifyTargetFileIsInvalid(currentFile.name, project)
+        } catch (e: IOException) {
+            SmkNotifier.notifyImpossibleToCreateFileOrDirectory(currentFile.name, project)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/SnakemakeBundle.properties b/src/main/resources/SnakemakeBundle.properties
index c322ad1d..d0f21186 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/SnakemakeBundle.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/SnakemakeBundle.properties
@@ -256,6 +256,9 @@ notifier.group.title=SnakeCharm plugin notifications
 notifier.msg.framework.by.snakefile.title=Snakemake framework detected
 notifier.msg.framework.by.snakefile.action.configure=Configure Framework...
 notifier.msg.framework.by.snakefile=Snakefile was found in ''{0}''.
+notifier.msg.create.env.file.title=Impossible to create .yaml/.yml file
+notifier.msg.create.env.file.io.exception=Impossible to create ''{0}''. Check permissions and the target path correctness.
+notifier.msg.create.env.file.invalid.file.exception=One of path parts with name ''{0}'' was changed during its handling. Please try again later.
 
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