diff --git a/crates/orchestrator/src/generators/chain_spec.rs b/crates/orchestrator/src/generators/chain_spec.rs
index 6632dee60803e4b26c495489026961e693e70035..a94a6e12ac9f1050e65e371df9a6171ff31d5563 100644
--- a/crates/orchestrator/src/generators/chain_spec.rs
+++ b/crates/orchestrator/src/generators/chain_spec.rs
@@ -473,8 +473,7 @@ impl ChainSpec {
             })?;
             self.write_spec(scoped_fs, content).await?;
         } else {
-            // TODO: add a warning here
-            todo!();
+            warn!("⚠️ chain-spec for para_id: {} is in raw mode", para.id);
         }
         Ok(())
     }