diff --git a/legendary/cli.py b/legendary/cli.py
index acd669bb..920e93b0 100644
--- a/legendary/cli.py
+++ b/legendary/cli.py
@@ -251,15 +251,14 @@ def sync_saves(self, args):
 
         # evaluate current save state for each game.
         for igame in igames:
-            if igame.app_name not in latest_save:
-                continue
-
             game = self.core.get_game(igame.app_name)
             if 'CloudSaveFolder' not in game.metadata['customAttributes']:
-                # this should never happen unless cloud save support was removed from a game
-                logger.warning(f'{igame.app_name} has remote save(s) but does not support cloud saves?!')
+                if igame.app_name in latest_save:
+                    # this should never happen unless cloud save support was removed from a game
+                    logger.warning(f'{igame.app_name} has remote save(s) but does not support cloud saves?!')
                 continue
 
+            logger.info(f'Checking "{igame.title}" ({igame.app_name})')
             # override save path only if app name is specified
             if args.app_name and args.save_path:
                 logger.info(f'Overriding save path with "{args.save_path}"...')
@@ -290,8 +289,11 @@ def sync_saves(self, args):
                 igame.save_path = save_path
                 self.core.lgd.set_installed_game(igame.app_name, igame)
 
-            # check if *any* file in the save game directory is newer than the latest uploaded save
-            res, (dt_l, dt_r) = self.core.check_savegame_state(igame.save_path, latest_save[igame.app_name])
+            res, (dt_l, dt_r) = self.core.check_savegame_state(igame.save_path, latest_save.get(igame.app_name))
+
+            if res == SaveGameStatus.NO_SAVE:
+                logger.info('No cloud or local savegame found.')
+                continue
 
             if res == SaveGameStatus.SAME_AGE and not (args.force_upload or args.force_download):
                 logger.info(f'Save game for "{igame.title}" is up to date, skipping...')
@@ -300,8 +302,11 @@ def sync_saves(self, args):
             if (res == SaveGameStatus.REMOTE_NEWER and not args.force_upload) or args.force_download:
                 if res == SaveGameStatus.REMOTE_NEWER:  # only print this info if not forced
                     logger.info(f'Cloud save for "{igame.title}" is newer:')
-                    logger.info(f'- Cloud save date: {dt_l.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")}')
-                    logger.info(f'- Local save date: {dt_r.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")}')
+                    logger.info(f'- Cloud save date: {dt_r.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")}')
+                    if dt_l:
+                        logger.info(f'- Local save date: {dt_l.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")}')
+                    else:
+                        logger.info('- Local save date: N/A')
 
                 if args.upload_only:
                     logger.info('Save game downloading is disabled, skipping...')
@@ -319,8 +324,11 @@ def sync_saves(self, args):
             elif res == SaveGameStatus.LOCAL_NEWER or args.force_upload:
                 if res == SaveGameStatus.LOCAL_NEWER:
                     logger.info(f'Local save for "{igame.title}" is newer')
-                    logger.info(f'- Cloud save date: {dt_l.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")}')
-                    logger.info(f'- Local save date: {dt_r.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")}')
+                    if dt_r:
+                        logger.info(f'- Cloud save date: {dt_r.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")}')
+                    else:
+                        logger.info('- Cloud save date: N/A')
+                    logger.info(f'- Local save date: {dt_l.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")}')
 
                 if args.download_only:
                     logger.info('Save game uploading is disabled, skipping...')
diff --git a/legendary/core.py b/legendary/core.py
index c7f0b040..51c84b62 100644
--- a/legendary/core.py
+++ b/legendary/core.py
@@ -325,9 +325,18 @@ def check_savegame_state(self, path: str, save: SaveGameFile) -> (SaveGameStatus
                 s = os.stat(os.path.join(_dir, _file))
                 latest = max(latest, s.st_mtime)
 
+        if not latest and not save:
+            return SaveGameStatus.NO_SAVE, (None, None)
+
         # timezones are fun!
         dt_local = datetime.fromtimestamp(latest).replace(tzinfo=self.local_timezone).astimezone(timezone.utc)
+        if not save:
+            return SaveGameStatus.LOCAL_NEWER, (dt_local, None)
+
         dt_remote = datetime.strptime(save.manifest_name, '%Y.%m.%d-%H.%M.%S.manifest').replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+        if not latest:
+            return SaveGameStatus.REMOTE_NEWER, (None, dt_remote)
+
         self.log.debug(f'Local save date: {str(dt_local)}, Remote save date: {str(dt_remote)}')
 
         # Ideally we check the files themselves based on manifest,
@@ -348,9 +357,9 @@ def upload_save(self, app_name, save_dir, local_dt: datetime = None,
         include_f = exclude_f = None
         if not disable_filtering:
             # get file inclusion and exclusion filters if they exist
-            if _include := custom_attr.get('CloudIncludeList', {}).get('value', None) is not None:
+            if (_include := custom_attr.get('CloudIncludeList', {}).get('value', None)) is not None:
                 include_f = _include.split(',')
-            if _exclude := custom_attr.get('CloudExcludeList', {}).get('value', None) is not None:
+            if (_exclude := custom_attr.get('CloudExcludeList', {}).get('value', None)) is not None:
                 exclude_f = _exclude.split(',')
 
         if not save_path:
diff --git a/legendary/models/game.py b/legendary/models/game.py
index 3b19c109..43852add 100644
--- a/legendary/models/game.py
+++ b/legendary/models/game.py
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ def __init__(self, app_name='', filename='', manifest='', datetime=None):
 
 
 class SaveGameStatus(Enum):
-    LOCAL_NEWER = 1
-    REMOTE_NEWER = -1
-    SAME_AGE = 0
+    LOCAL_NEWER = 0
+    REMOTE_NEWER = 1
+    SAME_AGE = 2
+    NO_SAVE = 3
+