diff --git a/lib/src/soloud.dart b/lib/src/soloud.dart
index ba0f787..981e814 100644
--- a/lib/src/soloud.dart
+++ b/lib/src/soloud.dart
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ interface class SoLoud {
     // the release of the native player.
     // Just deinit the engine to be re-inited later.
     if (SoLoudController().soLoudFFI.isInited()) {
+      _log.warning("init() called when the native player is already initialized. This is expected after a hot restart but not otherwise. If you see this in production logs, there's probably a bug in your code. You may have neglected to deinit() SoLoud during the current lifetime of the app.");
       deinit();
     }