diff --git a/electron/commands/batch-upscayl.ts b/electron/commands/batch-upscayl.ts
index f1aa5e4..d6c2f0d 100644
--- a/electron/commands/batch-upscayl.ts
+++ b/electron/commands/batch-upscayl.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { BatchUpscaylPayload } from "../../common/types/types";
 import { ImageFormat } from "../utils/types";
 import getModelScale from "../../common/check-model-scale";
 import removeFileExtension from "../utils/remove-file-extension";
+import showNotification from "../utils/show-notification";
 
 const batchUpscayl = async (event, payload: BatchUpscaylPayload) => {
   const mainWindow = getMainWindow();
@@ -35,9 +36,9 @@ const batchUpscayl = async (event, payload: BatchUpscaylPayload) => {
   // GET THE IMAGE DIRECTORY
   let inputDir = payload.batchFolderPath;
   // GET THE OUTPUT DIRECTORY
-  let outputDir = payload.outputPath;
+  let outputFolderPath = payload.outputPath;
   if (saveOutputFolder === true && outputFolderPath) {
-    outputDir = outputFolderPath;
+    outputFolderPath = outputFolderPath;
   }
 
   setNoImageProcessing(payload.noImageProcessing);
@@ -49,11 +50,12 @@ const batchUpscayl = async (event, payload: BatchUpscaylPayload) => {
 
   const desiredScale = payload.scale as string;
 
-  outputDir +=
-    slash +
-    `upscayl_${model}_x${noImageProcessing ? initialScale : desiredScale}`;
-  if (!fs.existsSync(outputDir)) {
-    fs.mkdirSync(outputDir, { recursive: true });
+  const outputFolderName = `upscayl_${model}_x${
+    noImageProcessing ? initialScale : desiredScale
+  }`;
+  outputFolderPath += slash + outputFolderName;
+  if (!fs.existsSync(outputFolderPath)) {
+    fs.mkdirSync(outputFolderPath, { recursive: true });
   }
 
   // Delete .DS_Store files
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ const batchUpscayl = async (event, payload: BatchUpscaylPayload) => {
     "realesrgan",
     getBatchArguments(
       inputDir,
-      outputDir,
+      outputFolderPath,
       isDefaultModel ? modelsPath : customModelsFolderPath ?? modelsPath,
       model,
       gpuId,
@@ -123,18 +125,22 @@ const batchUpscayl = async (event, payload: BatchUpscaylPayload) => {
       if (noImageProcessing) {
         logit("🚫 Skipping scaling and converting");
         mainWindow.setProgressBar(-1);
-        mainWindow.webContents.send(COMMAND.FOLDER_UPSCAYL_DONE, outputDir);
+        mainWindow.webContents.send(
+          COMMAND.FOLDER_UPSCAYL_DONE,
+          outputFolderPath
+        );
         return;
       }
 
       const files = fs.readdirSync(inputDir);
       try {
         files.forEach(async (file) => {
+          if (file.startsWith(".") || file === outputFolderName) return;
           console.log("Filename: ", removeFileExtension(file));
           await convertAndScale(
             inputDir + slash + file,
-            `${outputDir}${slash}${removeFileExtension(file)}.png`,
-            `${outputDir}/${removeFileExtension(file)}.${saveImageAs}`,
+            `${outputFolderPath}${slash}${removeFileExtension(file)}.png`,
+            `${outputFolderPath}/${removeFileExtension(file)}.${saveImageAs}`,
             desiredScale,
             saveImageAs,
             onError
@@ -143,11 +149,15 @@ const batchUpscayl = async (event, payload: BatchUpscaylPayload) => {
           if (saveImageAs !== "png") {
             logit("Removing output PNG");
             fs.unlinkSync(
-              `${outputDir}${slash}${removeFileExtension(file)}.png`
+              `${outputFolderPath}${slash}${removeFileExtension(file)}.png`
             );
           }
         });
-        mainWindow.webContents.send(COMMAND.FOLDER_UPSCAYL_DONE, outputDir);
+        mainWindow.webContents.send(
+          COMMAND.FOLDER_UPSCAYL_DONE,
+          outputFolderPath
+        );
+        showNotification("Upscayled", "Image upscayled successfully!");
       } catch (error) {
         logit("❌ Error processing (scaling and converting) the image.", error);
         upscayl.kill();
@@ -157,6 +167,7 @@ const batchUpscayl = async (event, payload: BatchUpscaylPayload) => {
             "Error processing (scaling and converting) the image. Please report this error on Upscayl GitHub Issues page.\n" +
               error
           );
+        showNotification("Upscayl Failure", "Failed to upscale image!");
       }
     } else {
       upscayl.kill();
diff --git a/electron/commands/double-upscayl.ts b/electron/commands/double-upscayl.ts
index a021639..ba740da 100644
--- a/electron/commands/double-upscayl.ts
+++ b/electron/commands/double-upscayl.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import convertAndScale from "../utils/convert-and-scale";
 import { DoubleUpscaylPayload } from "../../common/types/types";
 import { ImageFormat } from "../utils/types";
 import getModelScale from "../../common/check-model-scale";
+import showNotification from "../utils/show-notification";
 
 const doubleUpscayl = async (event, payload: DoubleUpscaylPayload) => {
   const mainWindow = getMainWindow();
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ const doubleUpscayl = async (event, payload: DoubleUpscaylPayload) => {
         COMMAND.UPSCAYL_ERROR,
         "Error upscaling image. Error: " + data
       );
+    showNotification("Upscayl Failure", "Failed to upscale image!");
     upscayl.kill();
     return;
   };
@@ -170,6 +172,7 @@ const doubleUpscayl = async (event, payload: DoubleUpscaylPayload) => {
                 encodeURIComponent(outFile.match(/[^/\\]+$/i)![0])
               )
         );
+        showNotification("Upscayled", "Image upscayled successfully!");
       } catch (error) {
         logit("❌ Error reading original image metadata", error);
         mainWindow &&
@@ -178,6 +181,7 @@ const doubleUpscayl = async (event, payload: DoubleUpscaylPayload) => {
             "Error processing (scaling and converting) the image. Please report this error on Upscayl GitHub Issues page.\n" +
               error
           );
+        showNotification("Upscayl Failure", "Failed to upscale image!");
         upscayl.kill();
       }
     }
@@ -229,6 +233,7 @@ const doubleUpscayl = async (event, payload: DoubleUpscaylPayload) => {
             COMMAND.UPSCAYL_ERROR,
             "Error upscaling image. Error: " + data
           );
+        showNotification("Upscayl Failure", "Failed to upscale image!");
         upscayl2.kill();
         return;
       });
diff --git a/electron/commands/image-upscayl.ts b/electron/commands/image-upscayl.ts
index c8cc7d2..542aa7f 100644
--- a/electron/commands/image-upscayl.ts
+++ b/electron/commands/image-upscayl.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { ImageUpscaylPayload } from "../../common/types/types";
 import { ImageFormat } from "../utils/types";
 import getModelScale from "../../common/check-model-scale";
 import removeFileExtension from "../utils/remove-file-extension";
+import showNotification from "../utils/show-notification";
 
 const imageUpscayl = async (event, payload: ImageUpscaylPayload) => {
   const mainWindow = getMainWindow();
@@ -191,6 +192,7 @@ const imageUpscayl = async (event, payload: ImageUpscaylPayload) => {
               encodeURIComponent(outFile.match(/[^/\\]+$/i)![0])
             )
           );
+          showNotification("Upscayl", "Image upscayled successfully!");
         } catch (error) {
           logit(
             "❌ Error processing (scaling and converting) the image. Please report this error on GitHub.",
@@ -202,6 +204,7 @@ const imageUpscayl = async (event, payload: ImageUpscaylPayload) => {
             "Error processing (scaling and converting) the image. Please report this error on Upscayl GitHub Issues page.\n" +
               error
           );
+          showNotification("Upscayl Failure", "Failed to upscale image!");
         }
       }
     };
diff --git a/electron/utils/convert-and-scale.ts b/electron/utils/convert-and-scale.ts
index e0c3a75..df5bca1 100644
--- a/electron/utils/convert-and-scale.ts
+++ b/electron/utils/convert-and-scale.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import fs from "fs";
 import sharp, { FormatEnum, Metadata } from "sharp";
 import logit from "./logit";
-import { getMainWindow } from "../main-window";
 import { compression } from "./config-variables";
 import { ImageFormat } from "./types";
 
@@ -17,22 +16,24 @@ const convertAndScale = async (
     logit("Skipping png compression for 4x scale");
     return;
   }
-  const mainWindow = getMainWindow();
   let originalImage: Metadata | undefined;
 
   try {
     originalImage = await sharp(originalImagePath).metadata();
   } catch (error) {
-    logit("❌ Error with original Image: ", error);
+    logit("❌ Error with original Image: ", error, " - ", originalImagePath);
   }
 
   fs.access(originalImagePath, fs.constants.F_OK, (err) => {
+    logit("🖼️ Checking if original image exists: ", originalImagePath);
     if (err) {
-      throw new Error("Could not grab the original image!");
+      throw new Error(
+        "Could not grab the original image from the path provided! - " + err
+      );
     }
   });
 
-  if (!mainWindow || !originalImage) {
+  if (!originalImage) {
     throw new Error("Could not grab the original image!");
   }
 
diff --git a/electron/utils/remove-file-extension.ts b/electron/utils/remove-file-extension.ts
index 660450d..9a03c12 100644
--- a/electron/utils/remove-file-extension.ts
+++ b/electron/utils/remove-file-extension.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { Dirent } from "fs";
+
 /**
  * Returns the filename without the extension.
  * @param filename The filename to remove the extension from.
diff --git a/electron/utils/show-notification.ts b/electron/utils/show-notification.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb35ef9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/electron/utils/show-notification.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { Notification } from "electron/main";
+
+export default function showNotification(title: string, body: string) {
+  new Notification({
+    title,
+    body,
+    closeButtonText: "Close",
+  }).show();
+}