diff --git a/acvm-repo/acvm_js/src/execute.rs b/acvm-repo/acvm_js/src/execute.rs
index 439a929cc9..3f691e1abf 100644
--- a/acvm-repo/acvm_js/src/execute.rs
+++ b/acvm-repo/acvm_js/src/execute.rs
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ pub async fn execute_circuit_with_black_box_solver(
     foreign_call_handler: ForeignCallHandler,
 ) -> Result<JsWitnessMap, Error> {
     console_error_panic_hook::set_once();
-    let circuit: Circuit =
-        Circuit::deserialize_circuit(&circuit).expect("Failed to deserialize circuit");
+    let circuit: Circuit = Circuit::deserialize_circuit(&circuit)
+        .map_err(|_| JsExecutionError::new("Failed to deserialize circuit. This is likely due to differing serialization formats between ACVM_JS and your compiler".to_string(), None))?;
 
     let mut acvm = ACVM::new(&solver.0, &circuit.opcodes, initial_witness.into());
 
diff --git a/cspell.json b/cspell.json
index c4a530b8d3..8e3f248acf 100644
--- a/cspell.json
+++ b/cspell.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
         "arity",
         "arkworks",
         "arraysort",
+        "barebones",
         "barretenberg",
         "bincode",
         "bindgen",
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@
         "jmpif",
         "jmpifs",
         "jmps",
+        "jsdoc",
         "Jubjub",
         "keccak",
         "krate",
@@ -154,8 +156,7 @@
         "vecmap",
         "wasi",
         "Weierstraß",
-        "zshell",
-        "barebones"
+        "zshell"
     ],
     "ignorePaths": [
         "./**/node_modules/**"