diff --git a/core/View/View.php b/core/View/View.php
index 685cab2..ebbdf2e 100644
--- a/core/View/View.php
+++ b/core/View/View.php
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ public static function init()
     {
         $viewsPath = __DIR__ . '/../../app/Views';
         $loader = new FilesystemLoader($viewsPath);
-        
+
         $twigConfig = config('view.twig', []);
-        
+
         // Configure cache properly
         $cacheEnv = $twigConfig['cache'] ?? false;
         $cachePath = false; // Default to no cache
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public static function init()
                 mkdir($cachePath, 0777, true);
             }
         }
-        
+
         self::$twig = new Environment($loader, [
             'cache' => $cachePath,
             'debug' => $twigConfig['debug'] ?? true,
@@ -43,11 +43,12 @@ public static function init()
         // Register helpers for Twig: auto-register all from helpers.php, merge with config('view.twig_helpers') if set.
         self::registerExplicitHelpers();
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Register helpers for Twig: auto-register all from helpers.php, merge with config('view.twig_helpers') if set.
      */
-    private static function registerExplicitHelpers() {
+    private static function registerExplicitHelpers()
+    {
         // 1. Get all user-defined functions (auto-discover from helpers.php and any loaded helpers)
         $userFunctions = get_defined_functions()['user'];
 
@@ -60,7 +61,9 @@ private static function registerExplicitHelpers() {
         // 4. Register each helper if it exists
         foreach ($allHelpers as $helper) {
             if (function_exists($helper)) {
-                self::$twig->addFunction(new \Twig\TwigFunction($helper, $helper));
+                self::$twig->addFunction(new TwigFunction($helper, $helper));
+            } else {
+                log_error("[SproutPHP] Warning: Twig helper function '$helper' does not exist and was not registered.");
             }
         }
     }
@@ -75,13 +78,13 @@ public static function render($template, $data = [], $return = false)
         if (Debugbar::isAjaxRequest() && config('app.debug', false)) {
             // Reset debugbar for this request
             Debugbar::resetForRequest();
-            
+
             // Render the template first
             $content = self::$twig->render($template . '.twig', $data);
-            
+
             // Append debugbar to the response
             $debugbar = Debugbar::render();
-            
+
             if ($return) {
                 return $content . $debugbar;
             }