diff --git a/algebra/Cargo.toml b/algebra/Cargo.toml
index 245e96ed..14e899ca 100644
--- a/algebra/Cargo.toml
+++ b/algebra/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ rayon = { version = "1", optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
 js-sys = "0.3.27"
+web-sys = { version = "0.3.61", features = [ "console" ] }
 wasm-bindgen-futures = "0.4.23"
 tokio = { version = "1.10.1", features = ['rt'] }
 wasm-rs-async-executor = "0.9.0"
diff --git a/algebra/src/bls12_381/g1.rs b/algebra/src/bls12_381/g1.rs
index aa7073cc..3f0de72f 100644
--- a/algebra/src/bls12_381/g1.rs
+++ b/algebra/src/bls12_381/g1.rs
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ impl Group for BLSG1 {
         // unsafe here is alright because WASM is single threaded
         unsafe {
             if WASM_INSTANCE.is_none() {
+                web_sys::console::log_1(&"FastMSM for WASM has not been initialized, and the proof generation will use the Rust-based implementation. To initialize FastMSM, call the async WASM function `init_noah()` to initialize the Noah library before proof generation.".into());
                 return Self::common_multi_exp(scalars, points);
             }