diff --git a/packages/common/utils.js b/packages/common/utils.js
index 99624b4d7b3348e7f2932dfc96aec4af018a374b..7c133605496c568dbb4e09f0e52462a3315ff3fb 100644
--- a/packages/common/utils.js
+++ b/packages/common/utils.js
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ export const getAssetURL = (path) => {
     // We already found the path before, just go with it
     if (_assetBaseURL) {
         return new URL(path, _assetBaseURL).href;
+    } else {
+        console.error('Using getAssetURL(), but initAssetBaseURL() wasn\'t called yet');
     }
 
     // If all fails we just fall back to relative paths and hope the