diff --git a/system/core/CodeIgniter.php b/system/core/CodeIgniter.php
index 839caba..d830c18 100644
--- a/system/core/CodeIgniter.php
+++ b/system/core/CodeIgniter.php
@@ -164,14 +164,20 @@
  */
 	if ($composer_autoload = config_item('composer_autoload'))
 	{
-		if ($composer_autoload === TRUE && file_exists(APPPATH.'vendor/autoload.php'))
+		if ($composer_autoload === TRUE)
 		{
-			require_once(APPPATH.'vendor/autoload.php');
+			file_exists(APPPATH.'vendor/autoload.php')
+				? require_once(APPPATH.'vendor/autoload.php')
+				: log_message('error', '$config[\'composer_autoload\'] is set to TRUE but '.APPPATH.'vendor/autoload.php was not found.');
 		}
 		elseif (file_exists($composer_autoload))
 		{
 			require_once($composer_autoload);
 		}
+		else
+		{
+			log_message('error', 'Could not find the specified $config[\'composer_autoload\'] path: '.$composer_autoload);
+		}
 	}
 
 /*