diff --git a/packages/icon/src/utils.ts b/packages/icon/src/utils.ts
index 3c3e50de7..5255352e6 100644
--- a/packages/icon/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/icon/src/utils.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ export const config = (iconConfig: IconConfig): void => {
 export const getIcon = (key: keyof IconConfig): IconDefinition => {
   const { icons } = componentConfig;
   if (!icons)
-    throw new Error('@tablecheck/tablekit-Icon: error configuring icons');
+    throw new Error(
+      "'@tablecheck/tablekit-Icon: no configured icons, try adding one of the following as high in the component tree as possible `import '@tablecheck/tablekit-pro-icon-config';` or `import '@tablecheck/tablekit-free-icon-config';`'"
+    );
   const icon = icons[key];
   if (!icon)
     throw new Error(