diff --git a/lib/licensed/commands/command.rb b/lib/licensed/commands/command.rb
index 3a829c77..c0644a27 100644
--- a/lib/licensed/commands/command.rb
+++ b/lib/licensed/commands/command.rb
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ def default_reporter(options)
       # Returns whether the command succeeded for the application.
       def run_app(app)
         reporter.report_app(app) do |report|
+          # ensure the app source path exists before evaluation
+          if !Dir.exist?(app.source_path)
+            report.errors << "No such directory #{app.source_path}"
+            next false
+          end
+
           Dir.chdir app.source_path do
             begin
               # allow additional report data to be given by commands
diff --git a/lib/licensed/configuration.rb b/lib/licensed/configuration.rb
index 069a0cf0..83aa68d2 100644
--- a/lib/licensed/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/licensed/configuration.rb
@@ -158,19 +158,22 @@ def initialize(options = {})
     def self.expand_app_source_path(app_config)
       return app_config if app_config["source_path"].to_s.empty?
 
+      # check if the source path maps to an existing directory
       source_path = File.expand_path(app_config["source_path"], AppConfiguration.root_for(app_config))
+      return app_config if Dir.exist?(source_path)
+
+      # try to expand the source path for glob patterns
       expanded_source_paths = Dir.glob(source_path).select { |p| File.directory?(p) }
-      # return the original configuration if glob didn't result in multiple paths
-      return app_config if expanded_source_paths.size <= 1
+      configs = expanded_source_paths.map { |path| app_config.merge("source_path" => path) }
 
-      # map the expanded paths to new application configurations
-      expanded_source_paths.map do |path|
-        config = app_config.merge("source_path" => path)
+      # if no directories are found for the source path, return the original config
+      return app_config if configs.size == 0
 
-        # update configured values for name and cache_path for uniqueness.
-        # this is only needed when values are explicitly set, AppConfiguration
-        # will handle configurations that don't have these explicitly set
-        dir_name = File.basename(path)
+      # update configured values for name and cache_path for uniqueness.
+      # this is only needed when values are explicitly set, AppConfiguration
+      # will handle configurations that don't have these explicitly set
+      configs.each do |config|
+        dir_name = File.basename(config["source_path"])
         config["name"] = "#{config["name"]}-#{dir_name}" if config["name"]
 
         # if a cache_path is set and is not marked as shared, append the app name
@@ -178,9 +181,9 @@ def self.expand_app_source_path(app_config)
         if config["cache_path"] && config["shared_cache"] != true
           config["cache_path"] = File.join(config["cache_path"], dir_name)
         end
-
-        config
       end
+
+      configs
     end
 
     # Find a default configuration file in the given directory.
diff --git a/test/commands/command_test.rb b/test/commands/command_test.rb
index 851c337f..c8b19885 100644
--- a/test/commands/command_test.rb
+++ b/test/commands/command_test.rb
@@ -103,6 +103,19 @@
     end
   end
 
+  it "catches and reports a non-existent app source path" do
+    nonexistent_path = File.join(Dir.pwd, "nonexistent")
+    apps.each { |app| app["source_path"] = nonexistent_path }
+
+    refute command.run
+
+    reports = command.reporter.report.all_reports.select { |r| r.target.is_a?(Licensed::AppConfiguration) }
+    refute_empty reports
+    reports.each do |r|
+      assert_includes r.errors, "No such directory #{nonexistent_path}"
+    end
+  end
+
   it "allows implementations to add extra data to reports with a yielded block" do
     assert command.run
 
diff --git a/test/configuration_test.rb b/test/configuration_test.rb
index d6de7733..21053c55 100644
--- a/test/configuration_test.rb
+++ b/test/configuration_test.rb
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@
       assert_equal 2, config.apps.size
       assert_equal "app1", config.apps[0]["name"]
       assert_equal "app2", config.apps[1]["name"]
+
+      config.apps.each do |app|
+        assert_equal File.expand_path("../../", __FILE__), app["source_path"]
+      end
     end
 
     it "includes default options" do
@@ -140,6 +144,20 @@
       end
     end
 
+    it "expands source_path patters that result in a single path" do
+      apps.clear
+      apps << { "source_path" => File.expand_path("../../lib/*", __FILE__) }
+      expected_source_paths = Dir.glob(apps[0]["source_path"]).select { |p| File.directory?(p) }
+      expected_source_paths.each do |source_path|
+        app = config.apps.find { |a| a["source_path"] == source_path }
+        assert app
+        dir_name = File.basename(source_path)
+        assert_equal app.root.join(Licensed::AppConfiguration::DEFAULT_CACHE_PATH, dir_name),
+                     app.cache_path
+        assert_equal dir_name, app["name"]
+      end
+    end
+
     it "assigns uniqueness to explicitly configured values" do
       cache_path = ".test_licenses"
       name = "test"