diff --git a/acvm-repo/acvm_js/src/logging.rs b/acvm-repo/acvm_js/src/logging.rs
index f5d71fae067..0613920a4f2 100644
--- a/acvm-repo/acvm_js/src/logging.rs
+++ b/acvm-repo/acvm_js/src/logging.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use js_sys::{Error, JsString};
 use tracing_subscriber::prelude::*;
 use tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter;
 use tracing_web::MakeWebConsoleWriter;
@@ -7,12 +8,13 @@ use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;
 ///
 /// @param {LogLevel} level - The maximum level of logging to be emitted.
 #[wasm_bindgen(js_name = initLogLevel, skip_jsdoc)]
-pub fn init_log_level(filter: String) {
+pub fn init_log_level(filter: String) -> Result<(), JsLogInitError> {
     // Set the static variable from Rust
     use std::sync::Once;
 
-    let filter: EnvFilter =
-        filter.parse().expect("Could not parse log filter while initializing logger");
+    let filter: EnvFilter = filter.parse().map_err(|err| {
+        JsLogInitError::constructor(format!("Could not parse log filter while initializing logger: {err}").into())
+    })?;
 
     static SET_HOOK: Once = Once::new();
     SET_HOOK.call_once(|| {
@@ -23,4 +25,19 @@ pub fn init_log_level(filter: String) {
 
         tracing_subscriber::registry().with(fmt_layer.with_filter(filter)).init();
     });
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// `LogInitError` is a raw js error.
+/// It'd be ideal that `LogInitError` was a subclass of Error, but for that we'd need to use JS snippets or a js module.
+/// Currently JS snippets don't work with a nodejs target. And a module would be too much for just a custom error type.
+#[wasm_bindgen]
+extern "C" {
+    #[wasm_bindgen(extends = Error, js_name = "LogInitError", typescript_type = "LogInitError")]
+    #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+    pub type JsLogInitError;
+
+    #[wasm_bindgen(constructor, js_class = "Error")]
+    fn constructor(message: JsString) -> JsLogInitError;
 }