diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index 8ef2099..2853526 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1120,28 +1120,28 @@
         },
         "ruff": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:0d5f89f254836799af1615798caa5f80b7f935d7a670fad66c5007928e57ace8",
-                "sha256:13e9ec6d6b55f6da412d59953d65d66e760d583dd3c1c72bf1f26435b5bfdbae",
-                "sha256:552fb6d861320958ca5e15f28b20a3d071aa83b93caee33a87b471f99a6c0835",
-                "sha256:58072f0c06080276804c6a4e21a9045a706584a958e644353603d36ca1eb8a60",
-                "sha256:6ddf5d654ac0d44389f6bf05cee4caeefc3132a64b58ea46738111d687352296",
-                "sha256:736272574e97157f7edbbb43b1d046125fce9e7d8d583d5d65d0c9bf2c15addf",
-                "sha256:8ef06f66f4a05c3ddbc9121a8b0cecccd92c5bf3dd43b5472ffe40b8ca10f0f8",
-                "sha256:9183dd615d8df50defa8b1d9a074053891ba39025cf5ae88e8bcb52edcc4bf08",
-                "sha256:97d9aefef725348ad77d6db98b726cfdb075a40b936c7984088804dfd38268a7",
-                "sha256:9f8402b7c4f96463f135e936d9ab77b65711fcd5d72e5d67597b543bbb43cf3f",
-                "sha256:ab78e33325a6f5374e04c2ab924a3367d69a0da36f8c9cb6b894a62017506111",
-                "sha256:bf197b98ed86e417412ee3b6c893f44c8864f816451441483253d5ff22c0e81e",
-                "sha256:c41319b85faa3aadd4d30cb1cffdd9ac6b89704ff79f7664b853785b48eccdf3",
-                "sha256:e248b1f0fa2749edd3350a2a342b67b43a2627434c059a063418e3d375cfe643",
-                "sha256:e4e56b3baa9c23d324ead112a4fdf20db9a3f8f29eeabff1355114dd96014604",
-                "sha256:e5fe710ab6061592521f902fca7ebcb9fabd27bc7c57c764298b1c1f15fff720",
-                "sha256:f21a1143776f8656d7f364bd264a9d60f01b7f52243fbe90e7670c0dfe0cf65d",
-                "sha256:ffb60904651c00a1e0b8df594591770018a0f04587f7deeb3838344fe3adabac"
+                "sha256:03a90200c5dfff49e4c967b405f27fdfa81594cbb7c5ff5609e42d7fe9680da5",
+                "sha256:1098d36f69831f7ff2a1da3e6407d5fbd6dfa2559e4f74ff2d260c5588900317",
+                "sha256:134ae019ef13e1b060ab7136e7828a6d83ea727ba123381307eb37c6bd5e01cb",
+                "sha256:4020d8bf8d3a32325c77af452a9976a9ad6455773bcb94991cf15bd66b347e47",
+                "sha256:587c5e95007612c26509f30acc506c874dab4c4abbacd0357400bd1aa799931b",
+                "sha256:5ad11a5e3868a73ca1fa4727fe7e33735ea78b416313f4368c504dbeb69c0f88",
+                "sha256:622b82bf3429ff0e346835ec213aec0a04d9730480cbffbb6ad9372014e31bbd",
+                "sha256:7512e8cb038db7f5db6aae0e24735ff9ea03bb0ed6ae2ce534e9baa23c1dc9ea",
+                "sha256:762f113232acd5b768d6b875d16aad6b00082add40ec91c927f0673a8ec4ede8",
+                "sha256:7b75ac29715ac60d554a049dbb0ef3b55259076181c3369d79466cb130eb5afd",
+                "sha256:8710ffd57bdaa6690cbf6ecff19884b8629ec2a2a2a2f783aa94b1cc795139ed",
+                "sha256:9d99cf80b0429cbebf31cbbf6f24f05a29706f0437c40413d950e67e2d4faca4",
+                "sha256:b5462d7804558ccff9c08fe8cbf6c14b7efe67404316696a2dde48297b1925bb",
+                "sha256:c01c048f9c3385e0fd7822ad0fd519afb282af9cf1778f3580e540629df89725",
+                "sha256:c9d526a62c9eda211b38463528768fd0ada25dad524cb33c0e99fcff1c67b5dc",
+                "sha256:d56de7220a35607f9fe59f8a6d018e14504f7b71d784d980835e20fc0611cd50",
+                "sha256:f69ab37771ea7e0715fead8624ec42996d101269a96e31f4d31be6fc33aa19b7",
+                "sha256:f99be814d77a5dac8a8957104bdd8c359e85c86b0ee0e38dca447cb1095f70fb"
             ],
             "index": "pypi",
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.7'",
-            "version": "==0.8.4"
+            "version": "==0.8.5"
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/deidentification/deidentification.py b/deidentification/deidentification.py
index e2b7082..380607f 100644
--- a/deidentification/deidentification.py
+++ b/deidentification/deidentification.py
@@ -89,7 +89,12 @@ def __init__(self, config: DeidentificationConfig = DeidentificationConfig()):
             torch.load = self.__safe_load
             spacy.prefer_gpu()
             if not Deidentification.nlp:
-                Deidentification.nlp = spacy.load(self.config.spacy_model)
+                try:
+                    Deidentification.nlp = spacy.load(self.config.spacy_model)
+                except OSError as err:
+                    self.model_not_found_error(str(err))
+                except Exception as err:
+                    raise err
 
     def __str__(self) -> str:
         """Return a string representation of the Deidentification instance.
@@ -107,6 +112,26 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
         ]
         return "\n".join(program_info) + "\n" + str(self.config)
 
+    def model_not_found_error(self, err: str):
+        """Handles errors related to missing spaCy models and provides installation instructions.
+
+        This function processes spaCy model errors, specifically handling cases where
+        a required model cannot be found. If the error indicates a missing model,
+        it prints installation instructions to stderr and exits the program.
+
+        Args:
+            err: Error message string from the spaCy library.
+        """
+        print(file=sys.stderr)
+        print(str(err), file=sys.stderr)
+        if "Can't find model" in str(err):
+            print(file=sys.stderr)
+            print("Please manually run the following command one time to download the required model:", file=sys.stderr)
+            print(file=sys.stderr)
+            print(f"python -m spacy download {self.config.spacy_model}", file=sys.stderr)
+            print(file=sys.stderr)
+            sys.exit(1)
+
     def deidentify(self, text: str) -> str:
         """De-identify personal information in the input text.
 
diff --git a/deidentification/deidentification_constants.py b/deidentification/deidentification_constants.py
index 5099d0d..515d708 100644
--- a/deidentification/deidentification_constants.py
+++ b/deidentification/deidentification_constants.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pgmName = "deidentification"
 pgmUrl = "https://github.com/jftuga/deidentification"
-pgmVersion = "1.1.2"
+pgmVersion = "1.2.0"
 
 GENDER_PRONOUNS = {
     "he": "HE/SHE",
@@ -15,30 +15,6 @@
     "mrs.": "",
     "ms.": ""}
 
-# ALL_CONTRACTIONS = (
-#     "it",
-#     "that",
-#     "what",
-#     "there",
-#     "here",
-#     "let",
-#     "how",
-#     "where",
-#     "who",
-#     "when",
-#     "one",
-#     "somebody",
-#     "someone",
-#     "something",
-#     "nobody",
-#     "everyone",
-#     "anybody",
-#     "nothing",
-#     "why",
-#     "this",
-#     "which")
-
-
 HTML_BEGIN = """<!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
 <head>
@@ -81,4 +57,3 @@ class bcolors:
     ENDC = '\033[0m'
     BOLD = '\033[1m'
     UNDERLINE = '\033[4m'
-