diff --git a/frontend/src/components/context/Notifications/Notification.tsx b/frontend/src/components/context/Notifications/Notification.tsx
index 921f86dec..09c04f5e2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/context/Notifications/Notification.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/context/Notifications/Notification.tsx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const Notification = ({ notification, clearNotification }: NotificationProps) =>
 
   return (
     <div
-      className="relative w-full flex items-center justify-between px-6 py-6 rounded-md border border-bunker-500 pointer-events-auto bg-mineshaft-700 mb-3 right-3"
+      className="relative w-full flex items-center justify-between px-6 py-4 rounded-md border border-bunker-500 pointer-events-auto bg-mineshaft-700 mb-3 right-3"
       role="alert"
     >
       {notification.type === 'error' && (
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/dashboard/DropZone.tsx b/frontend/src/components/dashboard/DropZone.tsx
index cd6d8650b..c01ed39fa 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/dashboard/DropZone.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/dashboard/DropZone.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { parseDocument, Scalar, YAMLMap } from 'yaml';
 
 import Button from '../basic/buttons/Button';
 import Error from '../basic/Error';
+import { useNotificationContext } from '../context/Notifications/NotificationProvider';
 import { parseDotEnv } from '../utilities/parseDotEnv';
 import guidGenerator from '../utilities/randomId';
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ const DropZone = ({
   numCurrentRows
 }: DropZoneProps) => {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const { createNotification } = useNotificationContext();
 
   const handleDragEnter = (e: DragEvent) => {
     e.preventDefault();
@@ -110,6 +112,15 @@ const DropZone = ({
 
     const file = e.dataTransfer.files[0];
     const reader = new FileReader();
+    if (file === undefined) {
+      createNotification({
+        text: `You can't inject files from VS Code. Click 'Reveal in finder', and drag your file directly from the directory where it's located.`,
+        type: 'error',
+        timeoutMs: 10000
+      });
+      setLoading(false);
+      return;
+    }
     const fileType = file.name.split('.')[1];
 
     reader.onload = (event) => {