diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 260684c1..fce98579 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Adapt = "4.1.1"
 Aqua = "0.8"
 CellularAutomata = "0.0.2"
 Compat = "4.16.0"
-DifferentialEquations = "7.15.0"
+DifferentialEquations = "7.16.1"
 LIBSVM = "0.8"
 LinearAlgebra = "1.10"
 MLJLinearModels = "0.9.2, 0.10"
diff --git a/src/esn/esn_inits.jl b/src/esn/esn_inits.jl
index 10935bdd..c0dae55f 100644
--- a/src/esn/esn_inits.jl
+++ b/src/esn/esn_inits.jl
@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ function weighted_init(rng::AbstractRNG, ::Type{T}, dims::Integer...;
     throw_sparse_error(return_sparse)
     approx_res_size, in_size = dims
     res_size = Int(floor(approx_res_size / in_size) * in_size)
+    if res_size != approx_res_size
+        @warn """Reservoir size has changed!\n
+            Computed reservoir size ($res_size) does not equal the \
+            provided reservoir size ($approx_res_size). \n 
+            Using computed value ($res_size). Make sure to modify the \
+            reservoir initializer accordingly. \n
+        """
+    end
     layer_matrix = DeviceAgnostic.zeros(rng, T, res_size, in_size)
     q = floor(Int, res_size / in_size)