diff --git a/cmd/terraform-demux/main.go b/cmd/terraform-demux/main.go
index 39b9816..5992295 100644
--- a/cmd/terraform-demux/main.go
+++ b/cmd/terraform-demux/main.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -26,6 +27,11 @@ func main() {
 
 	log.Printf("terraform-demux version %s, using arch '%s'", version, arch)
 
+	if err := checkStateCommand(os.Args); err != nil {
+		log.SetOutput(os.Stderr)
+		log.Fatal("error: ", err)
+	}
+
 	exitCode, err := wrapper.RunTerraform(os.Args[1:], arch)
 
 	if err != nil {
@@ -36,3 +42,19 @@ func main() {
 
 	os.Exit(exitCode)
 }
+
+func checkStateCommand(args []string) error {
+	if checkArgsExists(args, "state") && !checkArgsExists(args, "--force") {
+		return errors.New("--force flag is required for the 'state' command")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func checkArgsExists(args []string, cmd string) bool {
+	for _, arg := range args {
+		if arg == cmd {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/cmd/terraform-demux/main_test.go b/cmd/terraform-demux/main_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01394b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/terraform-demux/main_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestCheckStateCommand(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Valid state command with --force flag after state command", func(t *testing.T) {
+		args := []string{"terraform", "state", "--force", "list"}
+		err := checkStateCommand(args)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Expected no error, got: %v", err)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Valid state command with --force flag before state command", func(t *testing.T) {
+		args := []string{"terraform", "--force", "state", "pull"}
+		err := checkStateCommand(args)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Expected no error, got: %v", err)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Invalid state command without --force flag", func(t *testing.T) {
+		args := []string{"terraform", "state", "list"}
+		err := checkStateCommand(args)
+		expectedError := "--force flag is required for the 'state' command"
+		if err == nil || err.Error() != expectedError {
+			t.Errorf("Expected error: %s, got: %v", expectedError, err)
+		}
+	})
+}