diff --git a/SharedPtr.hpp b/SharedPtr.hpp
index 0735f20..323f1d0 100644
--- a/SharedPtr.hpp
+++ b/SharedPtr.hpp
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
   std::cerr << msg << std::endl;                                               \
   assert(false);
 
+static_assert(false,
+              "If you see this compiler error that means you're testing my "
+              "code before I came back to fix the issues with how Derived and "
+              "Base relate, I intend to submit this late assumming I can");
+
 namespace cs440 {
 using counter = std::atomic<std::size_t>;
 template <typename T> struct Base {