diff --git a/lib/schema.js b/lib/schema.js
index 040eaf9f..3d0ee67a 100644
--- a/lib/schema.js
+++ b/lib/schema.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function Schema(name, settings) {
         try {
             adapter = require('jugglingdb-' + name);
         } catch (e) {
-            throw new Error('Adapter ' + name + ' is not installed, try\n  npm install jugglingdb-' + name);
+            return console.log('\nWARNING: JugglingDB adapter "' + name + '" is not installed,\nso your models would not work, to fix run:\n\n    npm install jugglingdb-' + name, '\n');
         }
     }