diff --git a/SaveTranscriptions.m b/SaveTranscriptions.m
index 0e1d4e2b02e3fe32744c00eff3ce67f0eee56a90..60c46fa73917016de9e161fb45dfc1412ef94f2f 100644
--- a/SaveTranscriptions.m
+++ b/SaveTranscriptions.m
@@ -22,13 +22,17 @@ reviewerInit = input('Please enter your initials: ', 's');
 
 % Save latest transcription and progress
 uisave({'lss', 'remainingFiles', 'reviewerInit'}, '*.mat')
-% ['lss_' reviewerInit '.mat']
 
 
 %% Functions
 function ls = CheckmiscLS(miscLS)
-ls = [];
-if isempty(miscLS); return; end
+
+if isempty(miscLS); error('No valid ls transcription file was found in the workspace. Please check that the file has been exported from the application.'); end
+if length(miscLS) == 1
+    ls = string(miscLS); 
+    fprintf('Variable %s will be used as the user transcription variable.\n', ls)
+    return
+end
 
 fprintf(2, 'Warning: multiple potential ''ls'' files were found in the work space. \n\n')
 
@@ -45,10 +49,10 @@ while true
     userResp = input('Resp:');
 
     if any(ismember(validResp, userResp))
-        fprintf('%s has been selected.', lsNames(userResp))
+        fprintf('%s has been selected.\n', lsNames(userResp))
         break
     else
-        fprintf('%i is an invalid response.', userResp)
+        fprintf('%i is an invalid response.\n', userResp)
     end
 end