diff --git a/internal/cli/auth/login.go b/internal/cli/auth/login.go
index 2eed5759a2..7f790550b0 100644
--- a/internal/cli/auth/login.go
+++ b/internal/cli/auth/login.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package auth
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"time"
@@ -56,6 +57,11 @@ const (
 	LogoutToLoginAccountMsg        = `run "atlas auth logout" first if you want to login with another Atlas account on the same Atlas CLI profile`
 )
 
+var (
+	ErrProjectIDNotFound = errors.New("you don't have access to this or it doesn't exist")
+	ErrOrgIDNotFound     = errors.New("you don't have access to this organization ID or it doesn't exist")
+)
+
 type LoginOpts struct {
 	cli.DefaultSetterOpts
 	AccessToken          string
@@ -189,6 +195,14 @@ func (opts *LoginOpts) setUpProfile(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 	// Only make references to profile if user was asked about org or projects
 	if opts.AskedOrgsOrProjects && opts.ProjectID != "" && opts.OrgID != "" {
+		if !opts.ProjectExists(config.ProjectID()) {
+			return ErrProjectIDNotFound
+		}
+
+		if !opts.OrgExists(config.OrgID()) {
+			return ErrOrgIDNotFound
+		}
+
 		_, _ = fmt.Fprint(opts.OutWriter, "\nYour profile is now configured.\n")
 		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(opts.OutWriter, "You can use [%s config set] to change these settings at a later time.\n", config.BinName())
 	}