diff --git a/packages/react-godot-renderer/src/Component.ts b/packages/react-godot-renderer/src/Component.ts
index 3152f9c..68ab98b 100644
--- a/packages/react-godot-renderer/src/Component.ts
+++ b/packages/react-godot-renderer/src/Component.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ export const fromClass = <T extends Godot.Node<Godot.NodePathMap>>(
     Prototype,
 )
 
+export const fromSceneUnsafe = <T extends Godot.Node<Godot.NodePathMap> = Godot.Node<Godot.NodePathMap>>(
+    path: string
+): Component<T> => Object.setPrototypeOf(
+    Object.assign(
+        (props: Props<T>) => React.createElement("scene", { ...props, path }),
+        { displayName: path },
+    ),
+    Prototype,
+)
+
 export declare namespace fromScene {
     export type SceneNames = {
         [K in keyof Godot.ResourceTypes]: Godot.ResourceTypes[K] extends Godot.PackedScene ? K : never
@@ -45,13 +55,7 @@ export declare namespace fromScene {
 
 export const fromScene = <A extends fromScene.SceneNames>(
     path: A
-): Component<Godot.ResourceTypes[A] extends Godot.PackedScene<infer T> ? T : never> => Object.setPrototypeOf(
-    Object.assign(
-        (props: Props<Godot.ResourceTypes[A]>) => React.createElement("scene", { ...props, path }),
-        { displayName: path },
-    ),
-    Prototype,
-)
+): Component<Godot.ResourceTypes[A] extends Godot.PackedScene<infer T> ? T : never> => fromSceneUnsafe(path)
 
 export declare namespace useSignal {
     export type SignalNames<T extends Godot.Node<Godot.NodePathMap>> = {
diff --git a/packages/react-godot-renderer/src/Reconciler.ts b/packages/react-godot-renderer/src/Reconciler.ts
index 0cfaf09..b4648be 100644
--- a/packages/react-godot-renderer/src/Reconciler.ts
+++ b/packages/react-godot-renderer/src/Reconciler.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Node, type NodePathMap, type PackedScene, ResourceLoader } from "godot"
+import { Node, type NodePathMap, PackedScene, ResourceLoader } from "godot"
 import ReactReconciler, { type HostConfig } from "react-reconciler"
 import { hasProperty } from "./utils.js"
 
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ export const make = () => {
                     throw new Error("Property 'path' required when using the 'scene' intrinsic type")
                 if (typeof props.path !== "string")
                     throw new Error("Property 'path' is not a string")
-                instance = (ResourceLoader.load(props.path) as PackedScene<Node<NodePathMap>>).instantiate()
+                const res = ResourceLoader.load(props.path)
+                if (!(res instanceof PackedScene))
+                    throw new Error(`Resource at 'path' is not a PackedScene`)
+                instance = res.instantiate()
             }
             else {
                 // const className = snakeToPascal(camelToSnake(type))