diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Api/RootFolders/RootFolderModule.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Api/RootFolders/RootFolderModule.cs
index a4c0f892b..a2c4daed8 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Api/RootFolders/RootFolderModule.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Api/RootFolders/RootFolderModule.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Api.RootFolders
                                 PathExistsValidator pathExistsValidator,
                                 DroneFactoryValidator droneFactoryValidator,
                                 MappedNetworkDriveValidator mappedNetworkDriveValidator,
-                                StartupFolderValidator startupFolderValidator)
+                                StartupFolderValidator startupFolderValidator,
+                                FolderWritableValidator folderWritableValidator)
             : base(signalRBroadcaster)
         {
             _rootFolderService = rootFolderService;
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Api.RootFolders
                            .SetValidator(droneFactoryValidator)
                            .SetValidator(mappedNetworkDriveValidator)
                            .SetValidator(startupFolderValidator)
-                           .SetValidator(pathExistsValidator);
+                           .SetValidator(pathExistsValidator)
+                           .SetValidator(folderWritableValidator);
         }
 
         private RootFolderResource GetRootFolder(int id)
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj b/src/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
index a5a945d9a..75fd71535 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
@@ -1036,6 +1036,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Validation\NzbDroneValidationState.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Validation\Paths\MappedNetworkDriveValidator.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Validation\Paths\DroneFactoryValidator.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Validation\Paths\FolderWritableValidator.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Validation\Paths\PathExistsValidator.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Validation\Paths\PathValidator.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Validation\Paths\StartupFolderValidator.cs" />
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Validation/Paths/FolderWritableValidator.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Validation/Paths/FolderWritableValidator.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf88cf3be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Validation/Paths/FolderWritableValidator.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using System;
+using FluentValidation.Validators;
+using NzbDrone.Common.Disk;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Validation.Paths
+{
+    public class FolderWritableValidator : PropertyValidator
+    {
+        private readonly IDiskProvider _diskProvider;
+
+        public FolderWritableValidator(IDiskProvider diskProvider)
+            : base($"Folder is not writable by user {Environment.UserName}")
+        {
+            _diskProvider = diskProvider;
+        }
+
+        protected override bool IsValid(PropertyValidatorContext context)
+        {
+            if (context.PropertyValue == null) return false;
+
+            return (_diskProvider.FolderWritable(context.PropertyValue.ToString()));
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/UI/.idea/inspectionProfiles/Project_Default.xml b/src/UI/.idea/inspectionProfiles/Project_Default.xml
index 7f20f79f3..7aba4e3c2 100644
--- a/src/UI/.idea/inspectionProfiles/Project_Default.xml
+++ b/src/UI/.idea/inspectionProfiles/Project_Default.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
       <option name="m_minLength" value="1" />
       <option name="m_maxLength" value="32" />
     </inspection_tool>
-    <inspection_tool class="LossyEncoding" enabled="true" level="WARNING" enabled_by_default="true" />
     <inspection_tool class="NegatedIfStatementJS" enabled="true" level="WARNING" enabled_by_default="true" />
     <inspection_tool class="NestedAssignmentJS" enabled="true" level="WARNING" enabled_by_default="true" />
     <inspection_tool class="NestedFunctionCallJS" enabled="false" level="ERROR" enabled_by_default="false" />
diff --git a/src/UI/.idea/modules.xml b/src/UI/.idea/modules.xml
index b290b0a91..ab774833e 100644
--- a/src/UI/.idea/modules.xml
+++ b/src/UI/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -5,5 +5,4 @@
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/NzbDrone.UI.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/NzbDrone.UI.iml" />
     </modules>
   </component>
-</project>
-
+</project>
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