diff --git a/Sources/tart/Platform/Darwin.swift b/Sources/tart/Platform/Darwin.swift
index 5e3c6b0..d603239 100644
--- a/Sources/tart/Platform/Darwin.swift
+++ b/Sources/tart/Platform/Darwin.swift
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import Virtualization
 
+struct UnsupportedHostOSError: Error, CustomStringConvertible {
+  var description: String {
+    "error: host macOS version is outdated to run this virtual machine"
+  }
+}
+
 struct Darwin: Platform {
   var ecid: VZMacMachineIdentifier
   var hardwareModel: VZMacHardwareModel
@@ -50,11 +56,18 @@ struct Darwin: Platform {
     VZMacOSBootLoader()
   }
 
-  func platform(nvramURL: URL) -> VZPlatformConfiguration {
+  func platform(nvramURL: URL) throws -> VZPlatformConfiguration {
     let result = VZMacPlatformConfiguration()
 
     result.machineIdentifier = ecid
     result.auxiliaryStorage = VZMacAuxiliaryStorage(contentsOf: nvramURL)
+
+    if !hardwareModel.isSupported {
+      // At the moment support of M1 chip is not yet dropped in any macOS version
+      // This mean that host software is not supporting this hardware model and should be updated
+      throw UnsupportedHostOSError()
+    }
+
     result.hardwareModel = hardwareModel
 
     return result
diff --git a/Sources/tart/Platform/Linux.swift b/Sources/tart/Platform/Linux.swift
index 02ec60a..cd00177 100644
--- a/Sources/tart/Platform/Linux.swift
+++ b/Sources/tart/Platform/Linux.swift
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ struct Linux: Platform {
     return result
   }
 
-  func platform(nvramURL: URL) -> VZPlatformConfiguration {
+  func platform(nvramURL: URL) throws -> VZPlatformConfiguration {
     VZGenericPlatformConfiguration()
   }
 
diff --git a/Sources/tart/Platform/Platform.swift b/Sources/tart/Platform/Platform.swift
index 89eda6e..4249b02 100644
--- a/Sources/tart/Platform/Platform.swift
+++ b/Sources/tart/Platform/Platform.swift
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import Virtualization
 protocol Platform: Codable {
   func os() -> OS
   func bootLoader(nvramURL: URL) throws -> VZBootLoader
-  func platform(nvramURL: URL) -> VZPlatformConfiguration
+  func platform(nvramURL: URL) throws -> VZPlatformConfiguration
   func graphicsDevice(vmConfig: VMConfig) -> VZGraphicsDeviceConfiguration
   func pointingDevices() -> [VZPointingDeviceConfiguration]
 }
diff --git a/Sources/tart/VM.swift b/Sources/tart/VM.swift
index 996c885..b0cefef 100644
--- a/Sources/tart/VM.swift
+++ b/Sources/tart/VM.swift
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ class VM: NSObject, VZVirtualMachineDelegate, ObservableObject {
     configuration.memorySize = vmConfig.memorySize
 
     // Platform
-    configuration.platform = vmConfig.platform.platform(nvramURL: nvramURL)
+    configuration.platform = try vmConfig.platform.platform(nvramURL: nvramURL)
 
     // Display
     configuration.graphicsDevices = [vmConfig.platform.graphicsDevice(vmConfig: vmConfig)]