diff --git a/.github/CHANGELOG.md b/.github/CHANGELOG.md
index afb7071..8312e81 100644
--- a/.github/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/.github/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-Enables support for HTTPS, via optional user-defined protocol (#7)
+Adds a check to ensure that the users version of AdGuard Home is recent enough to support the required API calls (#5)
+Allows for graceful exit, instead of panicking
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7891d76..d1e4bdb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "adguardian"
-version = "1.3.0"
+version = "1.4.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64 0.13.1",
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "ratatui",
  "reqwest",
+ "semver",
  "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
@@ -866,6 +868,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "untrusted",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "semver"
+version = "1.0.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bebd363326d05ec3e2f532ab7660680f3b02130d780c299bca73469d521bc0ed"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.162"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 39070b4..5b3dbc5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "adguardian"
-version = "1.3.0"
+version = "1.4.0"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Alicia Sykes"]
 description = "Terminal-based, real-time traffic monitoring and statistics for your AdGuard Home instance "
@@ -25,8 +25,12 @@ crossterm = { version = "0.22.0", features = ["serde"] }
 futures = "0.3"
 # HTTP client
 reqwest = { version = "0.11", default-features = false, features = ["blocking", "json", "rustls-tls"] }
-# Decerilization of JSON responses
+# Decerilization of responses
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+# Decerilization of JSON responses
+serde_json = "1.0"
+# Read and calculate semantic version numbers
+semver = "1.0"
 # Date + time manipulation
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 # Terminal UI library
diff --git a/src/welcome.rs b/src/welcome.rs
index 79e5750..a552696 100644
--- a/src/welcome.rs
+++ b/src/welcome.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ use std::{
 use reqwest::{Client, Error};
 use colored::*;
 
+use serde_json::Value;
+use semver::{Version};
+
+/// Reusable function that just prints success messages to the console
 fn print_info(text: &str, is_secondary: bool) {
     if is_secondary {
         println!("{}", text.green().italic().dimmed());
@@ -14,7 +18,7 @@ fn print_info(text: &str, is_secondary: bool) {
     };
 }
 
-
+/// Prints the AdGuardian ASCII art to console
 fn print_ascii_art() {
     let art = r"
  █████╗ ██████╗  ██████╗ ██╗   ██╗ █████╗ ██████╗ ██████╗ ██╗ █████╗ ███╗   ██╗
@@ -30,19 +34,22 @@ fn print_ascii_art() {
     print_info("For documentation and support, please visit: https://github.com/lissy93/adguardian-term\n", true);
 }
 
-fn print_error(address: &str, error: Option<&Error>) {
+/// Print error message, along with (optional) stack trace, then exit
+fn print_error(message: &str, sub_message: &str, error: Option<&Error>) {
     eprintln!(
-        "{}{}",
-        format!("Failed to connect to AdGuard at {}", address).red(),
+        "{}{}{}",
+        format!("{}", message).red(),
         match error {
             Some(err) => format!("\n{}", err).red().dimmed(),
             None => "".red().dimmed(),
         },
+        format!("\n{}", sub_message).yellow(),
     );
-    eprintln!("{}\n{}", "\nPlease check your environmental variables and try again.".yellow(), "Exiting...".blue());
-}
 
+    std::process::exit(1);
+}
 
+/// Given a key, get the value from the environmental variables, and print it to the console
 fn get_env(key: &str) -> Result<String, env::VarError> {
     env::var(key).map(|v| {
         println!(
@@ -58,6 +65,39 @@ fn get_env(key: &str) -> Result<String, env::VarError> {
     })
 }
 
+/// Given a possibly undefined version number, check if it's present and supported
+fn check_version(version: Option<&str>) {
+    let min_version = Version::parse("0.107.29").unwrap();
+    
+    match version {
+        Some(version_str) => {
+            let adguard_version = Version::parse(&version_str[1..]).unwrap();
+            
+            if adguard_version < min_version {
+                print_error(
+                    "AdGuard Home version is too old, and is now unsupported",
+                    format!("You're running AdGuard {}. Please upgrade to v{} or later.", version_str, min_version.to_string()).as_str(),
+                    None,
+                );
+            }
+        },
+        None => {
+            print_error(
+                "Unsupported AdGuard Home version",
+                format!(
+                    concat!(
+                        "Failed to get the version number of your AdGuard Home instance.\n",
+                        "This usually means you're running an old, and unsupported version.\n",
+                        "Please upgrade to v{} or later."
+                    ), min_version.to_string()
+                ).as_str(),
+                None,
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// With the users specified AdGuard details, verify the connection (exit on fail)
 async fn verify_connection(
     client: &Client,
     ip: String,
@@ -82,16 +122,44 @@ async fn verify_connection(
         .send()
         .await {
         Ok(res) if res.status().is_success() => {
-            println!("{}", "AdGuard connection successful!\n".green());
+            // Get version string (if present), and check if valid - exit if not
+            let body: Value = res.json().await?;
+            check_version(body["version"].as_str());
+            // All good! Print success message :)
+            let safe_version = body["version"].as_str().unwrap_or("mystery version");
+            println!("{}", format!("AdGuard ({}) connection successful!\n", safe_version).green());
             Ok(())
         }
-        Ok(_) | Err(_) => {
-            print_error(&format!("{}:{}", ip, port), None);
-            std::process::exit(1);
+        // Connection failed to authenticate. Print error and exit
+        Ok(_) => {
+            print_error(
+                &format!("Authentication with AdGuard at {}:{} failed", ip, port),
+                "Please check your environmental variables and try again.",
+                None,
+            );
+            Ok(())
+        },
+        // Connection failed to establish. Print error and exit
+        Err(e) => {
+            print_error(
+                &format!("Failed to connect to AdGuard at: {}:{}", ip, port),
+                "Please check your environmental variables and try again.",
+                Some(&e),
+            );
+            Ok(())
         }
     }
 }
 
+/// Initiate the welcome script
+/// This function will:
+/// - Print the AdGuardian ASCII art
+/// - Check for the required environmental variables
+/// - Prompt the user to enter any missing variables
+/// - Verify the connection to the AdGuard instance
+/// - Verify authentication is successful
+/// - Verify the AdGuard Home version is supported
+/// - Then either print a success message, or show instructions to fix and exit
 pub async fn welcome() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     print_ascii_art();
     println!("{}", "Starting initialization checks...".blue());
@@ -138,11 +206,13 @@ pub async fn welcome() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         }
     }
 
+    // Grab the values of the (now set) environmental variables
     let ip = get_env("ADGUARD_IP")?;
     let port = get_env("ADGUARD_PORT")?;
     let protocol = get_env("ADGUARD_PROTOCOL")?;
     let username = get_env("ADGUARD_USERNAME")?;
     let password = get_env("ADGUARD_PASSWORD")?;
     
+    // Verify that we can connect, authenticate, and that version is supported (exit on failure)
     verify_connection(&client, ip, port, protocol, username, password).await
 }