diff --git a/src/platform/assets/services/assetService.ts b/src/platform/assets/services/assetService.ts
index 344209bf71..00fa0ceadf 100644
--- a/src/platform/assets/services/assetService.ts
+++ b/src/platform/assets/services/assetService.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { useModelToNodeStore } from '@/stores/modelToNodeStore'
 const ASSETS_ENDPOINT = '/assets'
 const MODELS_TAG = 'models'
 const MISSING_TAG = 'missing'
+const EXPERIMENTAL_WARNING = `EXPERIMENTAL: If you are seeing this please make sure "Comfy.Assets.UseAssetAPI" is set to "false" in your ComfyUI Settings.\n`
 
 /**
  * Input names that are eligible for asset browser
@@ -26,7 +27,9 @@ function validateAssetResponse(data: unknown): AssetResponse {
   if (result.success) return result.data
 
   const error = fromZodError(result.error)
-  throw new Error(`Invalid asset response against zod schema:\n${error}`)
+  throw new Error(
+    `${EXPERIMENTAL_WARNING}Invalid asset response against zod schema:\n${error}`
+  )
 }
 
 /**
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ function createAssetService() {
     const res = await api.fetchApi(url)
     if (!res.ok) {
       throw new Error(
-        `Unable to load ${context}: Server returned ${res.status}. Please try again.`
+        `${EXPERIMENTAL_WARNING}Unable to load ${context}: Server returned ${res.status}. Please try again.`
       )
     }
     const data = await res.json()
diff --git a/src/platform/settings/constants/coreSettings.ts b/src/platform/settings/constants/coreSettings.ts
index 1272290449..4e4f6c77cf 100644
--- a/src/platform/settings/constants/coreSettings.ts
+++ b/src/platform/settings/constants/coreSettings.ts
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ export const CORE_SETTINGS: SettingParams[] = [
   {
     id: 'Comfy.Assets.UseAssetAPI',
     name: 'Use Asset API for model library',
-    type: 'boolean',
+    type: 'hidden',
     tooltip: 'Use new Asset API for model browsing',
     defaultValue: false,
     experimental: true