diff --git a/frontend/drivers/platform_emscripten.c b/frontend/drivers/platform_emscripten.c
index aa9418baef..60c0a253a4 100644
--- a/frontend/drivers/platform_emscripten.c
+++ b/frontend/drivers/platform_emscripten.c
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ void platform_emscripten_mount_filesystems(void)
       char *line = calloc(sizeof(char), max_line_len);
       size_t len = max_line_len;
       if (getline(&line, &len, file) == -1 || len == 0)
-         printf("[FetchFS] missing base URL, skipping fetch initialization\n");
+         printf("[FetchFS] missing base URL suggest empty manifest, skipping fetch initialization\n");
       else
       {
          char *base_url = strdup(line);