diff --git a/crates/papyrus_protobuf/build.rs b/crates/papyrus_protobuf/build.rs
index 12960d5605..70f386bfbb 100644
--- a/crates/papyrus_protobuf/build.rs
+++ b/crates/papyrus_protobuf/build.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ use std::io::Result;
 
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
     println!("Building");
-    let (protoc_bin, _) = protoc_prebuilt::init("27.0").unwrap();
+    let (protoc_bin, _) = protoc_prebuilt::init("27.0")
+        .expect("Please run `gh auth login` to enable protoc compilation");
     env::set_var("PROTOC", protoc_bin);
     prost_build::compile_protos(
         &[