diff --git a/R/build_binaries.R b/R/build_binaries.R
index 034969b..80279e9 100644
--- a/R/build_binaries.R
+++ b/R/build_binaries.R
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ build_binary_package <- function(package_name, tag = NULL, codename = NULL,
       {
         install_package_system_dependencies(package_name, tag, platform, local_clone_dir)
       },
-      # NB: here we need to use conditionMessage() to extract the actual error - as opposed to using $stderr for errors within the tryCatch used in the future* calls 
+      # NB: here we need to use conditionMessage() to extract the actual error - as opposed to using $stderr for errors within the tryCatch used in the future* calls
       error = function(e) {
         message(sprintf("Error in installing dependencies for package %s with tag %s: %s", package_name[1], tag[1], e))
         store_build_metadata(package_name[1], tag[1], platform, error_occurred = TRUE, force = TRUE, error = conditionMessage(e))
@@ -169,11 +169,16 @@ build_single_tag <- function(
       if (debug) {
         cli::cli_alert_info('{.fun build_single_tag}: Moving package from {.path {sprintf("%s/%s_%s_R_aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz", dir_out_bin, package_name, tag))}} to {.path {sprintf("%s/%s_%s.tar.gz", dir_out_bin, package_name, tag)}}')
       }
-      # remove _aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu part in filename
-      fs::file_move(
-        sprintf("%s/%s_%s_R_aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz", dir_out_bin, package_name, tag),
-        sprintf("%s/%s_%s.tar.gz", dir_out_bin, package_name, tag)
-      )
+      # double-check that file exists (some packages like https://github.com/cran/BACCO/tree/1.0-14 don't include R/ and hence don't procude a valid binary)
+      if (fs::file_exists(sprintf("%s/%s_%s_R_aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz", dir_out_bin, package_name, tag))) {
+        # remove _aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu part in filename
+        fs::file_move(
+          sprintf("%s/%s_%s_R_aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz", dir_out_bin, package_name, tag),
+          sprintf("%s/%s_%s.tar.gz", dir_out_bin, package_name, tag)
+        )
+      } else {
+        cli::cli_alert_info('{.fun build_single_tag}: File for package {.pkg {package_name}} {.field {tag}} at {.path {sprintf("%s/%s_%s_R_aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz", dir_out_bin, package_name, tag))}} does not exist - skipping.')
+      }
     } else {
       cli::cli_alert_warning('{.fun build_single_tag}: Binary {sprintf("%s_%s.tar.gz", package_name, tag)} already exists. Skipping copy.')
     }