diff --git a/lib/components/base-components/PrimitiveComponent.ts b/lib/components/base-components/PrimitiveComponent.ts
index 17ea9008..39e60558 100644
--- a/lib/components/base-components/PrimitiveComponent.ts
+++ b/lib/components/base-components/PrimitiveComponent.ts
@@ -466,6 +466,11 @@ export abstract class PrimitiveComponent<
   }
 
   add(component: PrimitiveComponent) {
+    if (!component.onAddToParent) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Invalid JSX Element: Expected a React component but received "${JSON.stringify(component)}"`,
+      )
+    }
     component.onAddToParent(this)
     component.parent = this
     this.children.push(component)
diff --git a/tests/components/primitive-components/invalid-jsx.test.tsx b/tests/components/primitive-components/invalid-jsx.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..53475200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/primitive-components/invalid-jsx.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { test, expect } from "bun:test"
+import { Circuit } from "lib"
+
+test("snippet-import1-contribution-board", async () => {
+  const circuit = new Circuit()
+
+  expect(() => {
+    circuit.add(
+      <board width="10mm" height="10mm">
+        {1}
+      </board>,
+    )
+  }).toThrowError("Invalid JSX Element")
+})