diff --git a/play-dl/index.ts b/play-dl/index.ts
index 5ef77de..1b92e7e 100644
--- a/play-dl/index.ts
+++ b/play-dl/index.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ import { EventEmitter } from 'stream';
 
 export async function stream(url: string, options: StreamOptions = {}): Promise<YouTubeStream | SoundCloudStream> {
     if (url.length === 0) throw new Error('Stream URL has a length of 0. Check your url again.');
+    if (url.indexOf('spotify') !== -1) {
+        throw new Error(
+            'Streaming from Spotify is not supported. Please use search() to find a similar track on YouTube or SoundCloud instead.'
+        );
+    }
     if (url.indexOf('soundcloud') !== -1) return await so_stream(url, options.quality);
     else return await yt_stream(url, options);
 }