diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/gen_patt.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/gen_patt.py
index 2b78d16e6dadba68460cda6817140cc79a718674..f801b07b9e3edbab53831f1606477e7d06e7c764 100644
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/gen_patt.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/audiotools/wrappers/gen_patt.py
@@ -131,6 +131,16 @@ def create_error_pattern(
         Number of preruns in seed generation
     """
 
+    # checking if the gen-patt version is bug free
+    with TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_dir_test:
+        tmp_dir_test = Path(tmp_dir_test)
+        tmp_sta_file_test = tmp_dir_test.joinpath("sta")
+        gen_patt(100, "ep.g192", 5, working_dir=tmp_dir_test)
+        if not tmp_sta_file_test.exists():
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                "Used version of gen-patt was detected to be faulty (unable to write \"sta\"-file). See bin/README.md for details."
+            )
+
     with TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_dir:
         tmp_dir = Path(tmp_dir)