diff --git a/project_name/Content/Particles/.keep b/project_name/Content/Particles/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/project_name/T4Templates/ContentPathGenerator.tt b/project_name/T4Templates/ContentPathGenerator.tt
index 1a2687d..fd30a73 100644
--- a/project_name/T4Templates/ContentPathGenerator.tt
+++ b/project_name/T4Templates/ContentPathGenerator.tt
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ namespace Nez
 
 	void PrintSpecialFolderAndSubfolders(string source, string[] validExtensions, bool isCompiledFolder = false)
 	{
+		if (!Directory.Exists(source))
+			return;
+
 		var stripPath = isCompiledFolder ? source : "";
 		PrintContentFiles(source, 3, stripPath, validExtensions);