diff --git a/main.ts b/main.ts
index a91594d..45ab1e7 100644
--- a/main.ts
+++ b/main.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,13 @@ import { renderPreviewFiles } from './src/components/RenderPreviewFiles';
 import { createBackslash } from './src/components/RegExpBackslash';
 import { RegExpFlag } from './src/constants/RegExpFlags';
 import { RegExpFlagsSuggest } from './src/suggestions/RegExpFlagsSuggest';
+import {
+  isViewTypeRegExp,
+  isViewTypeFolder,
+  isViewTypeTags,
+} from './src/services/settings.service';
 
-interface BulkRenamePluginSettings {
+export interface BulkRenamePluginSettings {
   folderName: string;
   fileNames: TFile[];
   existingSymbol: string;
@@ -47,18 +52,6 @@ const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: BulkRenamePluginSettings = {
   viewType: 'folder',
 };
 
-const isViewTypeFolder = ({ settings }: BulkRenamePlugin) => {
-  return settings.viewType === 'folder';
-};
-
-const isViewTypeTags = ({ settings }: BulkRenamePlugin) => {
-  return settings.viewType === 'tags';
-};
-
-const isViewTypeRegExp = ({ settings }: BulkRenamePlugin) => {
-  return settings.viewType === 'regexp';
-};
-
 class BulkRenamePlugin extends Plugin {
   settings: BulkRenamePluginSettings;
 
@@ -126,7 +119,7 @@ export class BulkRenameSettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
       .setName('UI will be changed when you click those buttons')
       .addButton((button) => {
         button.setButtonText('Search by folder');
-        if (isViewTypeFolder(this.plugin)) {
+        if (isViewTypeFolder(this.plugin.settings)) {
           button.setCta();
         }
         button.onClick(async () => {
@@ -137,7 +130,7 @@ export class BulkRenameSettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
       })
       .addButton((button) => {
         button.setButtonText('Search By Tags');
-        if (isViewTypeTags(this.plugin)) {
+        if (isViewTypeTags(this.plugin.settings)) {
           button.setCta();
         }
         button.onClick(async () => {
@@ -148,7 +141,7 @@ export class BulkRenameSettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
       })
       .addButton((button) => {
         button.setButtonText('Search by RegExp');
-        if (isViewTypeRegExp(this.plugin)) {
+        if (isViewTypeRegExp(this.plugin.settings)) {
           button.setCta();
         }
         button.onClick(async () => {
@@ -160,7 +153,7 @@ export class BulkRenameSettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
   }
 
   renderFileLocation() {
-    if (!isViewTypeFolder(this.plugin)) {
+    if (!isViewTypeFolder(this.plugin.settings)) {
       return;
     }
     new Setting(this.containerEl)
@@ -183,7 +176,7 @@ export class BulkRenameSettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
   }
 
   renderTagNames() {
-    if (!isViewTypeTags(this.plugin)) {
+    if (!isViewTypeTags(this.plugin.settings)) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -215,7 +208,7 @@ export class BulkRenameSettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
   }
 
   renderRegExpInput() {
-    if (!isViewTypeRegExp(this.plugin)) {
+    if (!isViewTypeRegExp(this.plugin.settings)) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -384,12 +377,12 @@ export class BulkRenameSettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
   };
 
   calculateFileNames() {
-    if (isViewTypeTags(this.plugin)) {
+    if (isViewTypeTags(this.plugin.settings)) {
       this.getFilesByTags();
       return;
     }
 
-    if (isViewTypeRegExp(this.plugin)) {
+    if (isViewTypeRegExp(this.plugin.settings)) {
       this.getFilesByRegExp();
       return;
     }
diff --git a/src/constants/folders.ts b/src/constants/folders.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41d91df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/constants/folders.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const ROOT_FOLDER_NAME = '/';
diff --git a/src/services/file.service.ts b/src/services/file.service.ts
index 400e4ec..cd529fb 100644
--- a/src/services/file.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/file.service.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,27 @@
 import { App, Notice, TFile } from 'obsidian';
-import BulkRenamePlugin from '../../main';
+import BulkRenamePlugin, { BulkRenamePluginSettings } from '../../main';
+import { isViewTypeFolder } from './settings.service';
+import { ROOT_FOLDER_NAME } from '../constants/folders';
 
 export const getFilesNamesInDirectory = (plugin: BulkRenamePlugin) => {
-  const { fileNames } = plugin.settings;
-
-  return getFilesAsString(fileNames);
+  return getFilesAsString(plugin.settings);
 };
 
-const getFilesAsString = (fileNames: TFile[]) => {
+const getFilesAsString = (settings: BulkRenamePluginSettings) => {
   let value = '';
+  const { fileNames, folderName } = settings;
+  const shouldPrependSlash =
+    isViewTypeFolder(settings) && folderName === ROOT_FOLDER_NAME;
+
   fileNames.forEach((fileName, index) => {
     const isLast = index + 1 === fileNames.length;
+    const filePath = shouldPrependSlash ? '/' + fileName.path : fileName.path;
+
     if (isLast) {
-      return (value += fileName.path);
+      return (value += filePath);
     }
-    value += fileName.path + '\r\n';
+
+    value += filePath + '\r\n';
   });
 
   return value;
@@ -23,7 +30,10 @@ const getFilesAsString = (fileNames: TFile[]) => {
 export const getRenderedFileNamesReplaced = (plugin: BulkRenamePlugin) => {
   const newFiles = selectFilenamesWithReplacedPath(plugin);
 
-  return getFilesAsString(newFiles);
+  return getFilesAsString({
+    ...plugin.settings,
+    fileNames: newFiles,
+  });
 };
 
 export const selectFilenamesWithReplacedPath = (plugin: BulkRenamePlugin) => {
@@ -38,14 +48,16 @@ export const selectFilenamesWithReplacedPath = (plugin: BulkRenamePlugin) => {
 };
 
 export const replaceFilePath = (plugin: BulkRenamePlugin, file: TFile) => {
+  const pathWithoutExtension = file.path.split('.').slice(0, -1).join('.');
   const { replacePattern, existingSymbol } = plugin.settings;
 
-  const pathWithoutExtension = file.path.split('.').slice(0, -1).join('.');
+  if (isRootFilesSelected(plugin)) {
+    const newPath = replacePattern + pathWithoutExtension;
+    return `${newPath}.${file.extension}`;
+  }
 
   const convertedToRegExpString = escapeRegExp(existingSymbol);
-
   const regExpSymbol = new RegExp(convertedToRegExpString, 'g');
-
   const newPath = pathWithoutExtension?.replace(regExpSymbol, replacePattern);
 
   return `${newPath}.${file.extension}`;
@@ -68,13 +80,26 @@ export const renameFilesInObsidian = async (
   }
 
   new Notice('renaming has been started');
+  let success = true;
   for (const fileName of fileNames) {
-    await app.fileManager.renameFile(
-      fileName,
-      replaceFilePath(plugin, fileName),
-    );
+    try {
+      await app.fileManager.renameFile(
+        fileName,
+        replaceFilePath(plugin, fileName),
+      );
+    } catch (e) {
+      if (e.code === 'ENOENT') {
+        new Notice('FILES NOT RENAMED!');
+        new Notice(
+          'WARNING: YOU MUST CREATE FOLDER BEFORE MOVING INTO IT',
+          7000,
+        );
+        success = false;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
   }
-  new Notice('successfully renamed all files');
+  success && new Notice('successfully renamed all files');
 };
 
 let reRegExpChar = /[\\^$.*+?()[\]{}]/g,
@@ -83,3 +108,13 @@ let reRegExpChar = /[\\^$.*+?()[\]{}]/g,
 export function escapeRegExp(s: string) {
   return s && reHasRegExpChar.test(s) ? s.replace(reRegExpChar, '\\$&') : s;
 }
+
+const isRootFilesSelected = (plugin: BulkRenamePlugin) => {
+  const { existingSymbol, folderName } = plugin.settings;
+
+  return (
+    existingSymbol === ROOT_FOLDER_NAME &&
+    folderName === ROOT_FOLDER_NAME &&
+    isViewTypeFolder(plugin.settings)
+  );
+};
diff --git a/src/services/settings.service.ts b/src/services/settings.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5f77c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/settings.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import BulkRenamePlugin from '../../main';
+
+export const isViewTypeFolder = (settings: BulkRenamePlugin['settings']) => {
+  return settings.viewType === 'folder';
+};
+
+export const isViewTypeTags = (settings: BulkRenamePlugin['settings']) => {
+  return settings.viewType === 'tags';
+};
+
+export const isViewTypeRegExp = (settings: BulkRenamePlugin['settings']) => {
+  return settings.viewType === 'regexp';
+};