diff --git a/src/AXSharp.compiler/src/AXSharp.Compiler/AXSharpProject.cs b/src/AXSharp.compiler/src/AXSharp.Compiler/AXSharpProject.cs
index 3a8de01d..b93ab943 100644
--- a/src/AXSharp.compiler/src/AXSharp.Compiler/AXSharpProject.cs
+++ b/src/AXSharp.compiler/src/AXSharp.Compiler/AXSharpProject.cs
@@ -89,8 +89,11 @@ public void Generate()
 
         var projectSources = AxProject.Sources.Select(p => (parseTree: STParser.ParseTextAsync(p).Result, source: p));
 
+        TargetProject.ProvisionProjectStructure();
+
         var refParseTrees = GetReferences();
 
+        
         var toCompile = refParseTrees.Concat(projectSources.Select(p => p.parseTree));
 
         var compilationResult = Compilation.Create(toCompile, new List<ISemanticAnalyzer>(), Compilation.Settings.Default).Result;
@@ -135,7 +138,7 @@ public void Generate()
             }
         }
 
-        TargetProject.ProvisionProjectStructure();
+        //TargetProject.ProvisionProjectStructure();
         GenerateMetadata(compilationResult.Compilation);
         TargetProject.GenerateResources();
         TargetProject.GenerateCompanionData();
@@ -193,17 +196,17 @@ private static string EnsureFolder(string folder)
 
     private IEnumerable<ISyntaxTree> GetReferences()
     {
+        TargetProject.InstallAXSharpDependencies(AxProject.AXSharpReferences);
+        
         var referencedDependencies = TargetProject.LoadReferences();
+        
+        CompileProjectReferences(referencedDependencies);
 
         var dependencyMetadata = referencedDependencies
             .Where(p => p.IsIxDependency)
             .Select(p => p.MetadataPath)
             .Select(p => JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<IEnumerable<string>>(File.ReadAllText(p)));
 
-
-        CompileProjectReferences(referencedDependencies);
-
-
         var refParseTrees = dependencyMetadata.SelectMany(p => p)
             .Select(s => STParser.ParseTextAsync(new StringText(s)).Result);
 
@@ -213,8 +216,7 @@ private IEnumerable<ISyntaxTree> GetReferences()
     private static HashSet<string> compiled = new();
 
     private void CompileProjectReferences(IEnumerable<IReference> referencedDependencies)
-    {
-        TargetProject.InstallAXSharpDependencies(AxProject.AXSharpReferences);
+    {        
         foreach (var ixProjectReference in AxProject.AXSharpReferences.OfType<AXSharpConfig>())
         {
 
diff --git a/src/AXSharp.compiler/src/AXSharp.Cs.Compiler/CsProject.cs b/src/AXSharp.compiler/src/AXSharp.Cs.Compiler/CsProject.cs
index bdb04de1..98a3669a 100644
--- a/src/AXSharp.compiler/src/AXSharp.Cs.Compiler/CsProject.cs
+++ b/src/AXSharp.compiler/src/AXSharp.Cs.Compiler/CsProject.cs
@@ -315,6 +315,12 @@ public void InstallAXSharpDependencies(IEnumerable<object> dependencies)
         if (compilerOptionsProjectFile != null)
         {
             var dependent = Path.Combine(this.AxSharpProject.OutputFolder, compilerOptionsProjectFile);
+
+            if (!File.Exists(dependent))
+            {
+                throw new Exception("Missing dependency file.");
+            }
+
             foreach (var dependency in dependencies)
             {