diff --git a/.changeset/nervous-rabbits-turn.md b/.changeset/nervous-rabbits-turn.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8eb68bb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nervous-rabbits-turn.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@recast-navigation/generators": patch
+"recast-navigation": patch
+---
+
+feat: check whether the library has been initialised in the high level generators, throw a friendly error
diff --git a/packages/recast-navigation-generators/src/generators/generate-solo-nav-mesh.ts b/packages/recast-navigation-generators/src/generators/generate-solo-nav-mesh.ts
index c68f758c..efaf5892 100644
--- a/packages/recast-navigation-generators/src/generators/generate-solo-nav-mesh.ts
+++ b/packages/recast-navigation-generators/src/generators/generate-solo-nav-mesh.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ export const generateSoloNavMesh = (
   navMeshGeneratorConfig: Partial<SoloNavMeshGeneratorConfig> = {},
   keepIntermediates = false
 ): SoloNavMeshGeneratorResult => {
+  if (!Raw.Module) {
+    throw new Error(
+      '"init" must be called before using any recast-navigation-js APIs. See: https://github.com/isaac-mason/recast-navigation-js?tab=readme-ov-file#initialization'
+    );
+  }
+
   const buildContext = new RecastBuildContext();
 
   const intermediates: SoloNavMeshGeneratorIntermediates = {
@@ -141,7 +147,7 @@ export const generateSoloNavMesh = (
       error,
     };
   };
-  
+
   /* input geometry */
   const vertices = positions as number[];
   const numVertices = indices.length;
diff --git a/packages/recast-navigation-generators/src/generators/generate-tile-cache.ts b/packages/recast-navigation-generators/src/generators/generate-tile-cache.ts
index b5f7118a..b19306a1 100644
--- a/packages/recast-navigation-generators/src/generators/generate-tile-cache.ts
+++ b/packages/recast-navigation-generators/src/generators/generate-tile-cache.ts
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ export const generateTileCache = (
   navMeshGeneratorConfig: Partial<TileCacheGeneratorConfig> = {},
   keepIntermediates = false
 ): TileCacheGeneratorResult => {
+  if (!Raw.Module) {
+    throw new Error(
+      '"init" must be called before using any recast-navigation-js APIs. See: https://github.com/isaac-mason/recast-navigation-js?tab=readme-ov-file#initialization'
+    );
+  }
+
   const buildContext = new RecastBuildContext();
 
   const intermediates: TileCacheGeneratorIntermediates = {
diff --git a/packages/recast-navigation-generators/src/generators/generate-tiled-nav-mesh.ts b/packages/recast-navigation-generators/src/generators/generate-tiled-nav-mesh.ts
index c8e5270c..a3d4d3cf 100644
--- a/packages/recast-navigation-generators/src/generators/generate-tiled-nav-mesh.ts
+++ b/packages/recast-navigation-generators/src/generators/generate-tiled-nav-mesh.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ export const generateTiledNavMesh = (
   navMeshGeneratorConfig: Partial<TiledNavMeshGeneratorConfig> = {},
   keepIntermediates = false
 ): TiledNavMeshGeneratorResult => {
+  if (!Raw.Module) {
+    throw new Error(
+      '"init" must be called before using any recast-navigation-js APIs. See: https://github.com/isaac-mason/recast-navigation-js?tab=readme-ov-file#initialization'
+    );
+  }
+
   const buildContext = new RecastBuildContext();
 
   const intermediates: TiledNavMeshGeneratorIntermediates = {