diff --git a/src/Item/New-CredentialStoreItem.ps1 b/src/Item/New-CredentialStoreItem.ps1
index 37d0f3d..4119aab 100644
--- a/src/Item/New-CredentialStoreItem.ps1
+++ b/src/Item/New-CredentialStoreItem.ps1
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ function New-CredentialStoreItem {
                         $_.Thumbprint -eq $CSContent.Thumbprint
                     } | Select-Object -First 1
                     if ($null -eq $Cert) {
+                        if ($isLinux) {
+                            throw "There is no windows certificate store on linux systems!"
+                        }
                         $ErrorParams = @{
                             ErrorAction = 'Stop'
                             Exception   = [System.Exception]::new(