diff --git a/src/sbbs3/js_global.c b/src/sbbs3/js_global.c
index 7a58276e6e80796e431f26f3c5720bbc4ecc8299..90d7b5a324792451a813a30982bca0140ebd5603 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/js_global.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/js_global.c
@@ -723,6 +723,7 @@ js_require(JSContext *cx, uintN argc, jsval *arglist)
 
 	ret = js_load(cx, argc-1, arglist);
 
+	// TODO: this error is happening if the file doesn't exist!
 	if (!JS_HasProperty(cx, exec_obj, property, &found) || !found) {
 		JSVALUE_TO_MSTRING(cx, argv[fnarg], filename, NULL);
 		JS_ReportError(cx,"symbol '%s' not defined by script '%s'", property, filename);