diff --git a/src/components/App.tsx b/src/components/App.tsx
index 89eb963d0..b8c4d73f3 100644
--- a/src/components/App.tsx
+++ b/src/components/App.tsx
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
       ?.classList.toggle("theme--dark", this.state.theme === "dark");
 
     if (this.state.autosave && this.state.fileHandle && supported) {
-      this.saveLocalSceneDebounced(
+      this.autosaveLocalSceneDebounced(
         this.scene.getElementsIncludingDeleted(),
         this.state,
       );
@@ -1062,18 +1062,31 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
     });
   }, SCROLL_TIMEOUT);
 
-  private saveLocalSceneDebounced = debounce(
+  private autosaveLocalSceneDebounced = debounce(
     async (elements: readonly ExcalidrawElement[], state: AppState) => {
       if (this.state.autosave && this.state.fileHandle && supported) {
         try {
-          await saveAsJSON(elements, state);
+          await saveAsJSON(
+            elements,
+            state,
+            // only if fileHandle valid
+            true,
+          );
         } catch (error) {
-          // shouldn't (almost) ever happen, so let's log it
-          console.error(error);
           this.setState({
             autosave: false,
-            errorMessage: t("toast.autosaveFailed"),
+            toastMessage:
+              error.name === "NotAllowedError"
+                ? t("toast.autosaveFailed_notAllowed")
+                : error.name === "NotFoundError"
+                ? t("toast.autosaveFailed_notFound")
+                : t("toast.autosaveFailed"),
           });
+
+          // shouldn't happen, so let's log it
+          if (!["NotAllowedError", "NotFoundError"].includes(error.name)) {
+            console.error(error);
+          }
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/src/components/Toast.scss b/src/components/Toast.scss
index 63d949a6b..100ad59e2 100644
--- a/src/components/Toast.scss
+++ b/src/components/Toast.scss
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     cursor: default;
     left: 50%;
     margin-left: -150px;
-    padding: 4px 0;
+    padding: 8px;
     position: absolute;
     text-align: center;
     width: 300px;
diff --git a/src/data/json.ts b/src/data/json.ts
index 59ac5eb3e..058021089 100644
--- a/src/data/json.ts
+++ b/src/data/json.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export const serializeAsJSON = (
 export const saveAsJSON = async (
   elements: readonly ExcalidrawElement[],
   appState: AppState,
+  onlyIfFileHandleValid = false,
 ) => {
   const serialized = serializeAsJSON(elements, appState);
   const blob = new Blob([serialized], {
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ export const saveAsJSON = async (
       extensions: [".excalidraw"],
     },
     appState.fileHandle,
+    onlyIfFileHandleValid,
   );
   return { fileHandle };
 };
diff --git a/src/locales/en.json b/src/locales/en.json
index 87ff17f65..ba7ef89bd 100644
--- a/src/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/locales/en.json
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@
     "width": "Width"
   },
   "toast": {
+    "autosaveFailed_notAllowed": "Autosave was disabled.",
+    "autosaveFailed_notFound": "Autosave failed.\nIt seems the file no longer exists.",
     "autosaveFailed": "Autosave failed.",
     "copyStyles": "Copied styles.",
     "copyToClipboard": "Copied to clipboard.",