diff --git a/thermion_dart/lib/src/filament/src/implementation/ffi_filament_app.dart b/thermion_dart/lib/src/filament/src/implementation/ffi_filament_app.dart
index 4f004652..fba01af8 100644
--- a/thermion_dart/lib/src/filament/src/implementation/ffi_filament_app.dart
+++ b/thermion_dart/lib/src/filament/src/implementation/ffi_filament_app.dart
@@ -922,6 +922,11 @@ class FFIFilamentApp extends FilamentApp<Pointer> {
           SceneAsset_createFromFilamentAssetRenderThread(engine,
               gltfAssetLoader, nameComponentManager, filamentAsset, cb));
 
+      if (asset == nullptr) {
+        throw Exception(
+            "Unknown error loading glTF asset. See logs for details.");
+      }
+
       await withVoidCallback((requestId, cb) =>
           GltfResourceLoader_destroyRenderThread(
               engine, gltfResourceLoader, requestId, cb));