diff --git a/install.js b/install.js
index 28d809b..b7a752a 100755
--- a/install.js
+++ b/install.js
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ const get = require("simple-get");
 const tar = require("tar");
 
 const DOWNLOAD_RETRY_ATTEMPTS = 2;
+const MACOS_MINIMUM_SUPPORTED_VERSION = 23;
+const MACOS_MINIMUM_SUPPORTED_RELEASE = "Sonoma";
 
 function targetFfmpegRelease() {
 
@@ -222,18 +224,20 @@ async function install() {
   // Ensure the FFmpeg npm cache directory exists.
   ensureFfmpegCacheDir();
 
+  // Ensure we don't support versions of macOS that are too old.
+  if(os.platform() === "darwin" && parseInt(os.release()) < MACOS_MINIMUM_SUPPORTED_VERSION) {
+
+    console.error("ffmpeg-for-homebridge: macOS versions older than " + MACOS_MINIMUM_SUPPORTED_RELEASE + " are not supported, you will need to install a working version of FFmpeg manually.");
+
+    process.exit(0);
+  }
+
   // Determine the download file name for the current platform.
   const ffmpegDownloadFileName = await getDownloadFileName();
 
   if(!ffmpegDownloadFileName) {
 
-    if(os.platform() === "darwin" && parseInt(os.release()) < 24) {
-
-      console.log("ffmpeg-for-homebridge: macOS versions older than 15 (Sequoia) are not supported, you will need to install a working version of FFmpeg manually.");
-    } else {
-
-      console.log("ffmpeg-for-homebridge: %s %s is not supported, you will need to install a working version of FFmpeg manually.", os.platform, process.arch);
-    }
+    console.error("ffmpeg-for-homebridge: %s %s is not supported, you will need to install a working version of FFmpeg manually.", os.platform, process.arch);
 
     process.exit(0);
   }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8890e95..c764905 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "ffmpeg-for-homebridge",
-  "version": "2.1.5",
+  "version": "2.1.6",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "ffmpeg-for-homebridge",
-      "version": "2.1.5",
+      "version": "2.1.6",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 35e8e5c..dc88dd5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ffmpeg-for-homebridge",
-  "version": "2.1.5",
+  "version": "2.1.6",
   "description": "Static FFmpeg binaries for Homebridge with support for audio (libfdk-aac) and hardware encoding (h264_v4l2m2m and h264_qsv).",
   "author": {
     "name": "The Homebridge Team",