diff --git a/packages/cli/src/generators/app.ts b/packages/cli/src/generators/app.ts
index 20ceada5d5..ba6922dd1c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/generators/app.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/generators/app.ts
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ class AppGenerator extends Generator<AppGeneratorOptions> {
     if (gitInitResult.status === 0) {
       this.commitChanges()
     } else {
-      log.error('Failed to run git init.')
+      log.warning('Failed to run git init.')
+      log.warning('Find out more about how to install git here: https://git-scm.com/downloads.')
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/generators/app.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/generators/app.test.ts
index 081effd5af..28d36e29b3 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/generators/app.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/generators/app.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as fs from 'fs-extra'
 import spawn from 'cross-spawn'
+import {log} from '@blitzjs/server'
 
 import AppGenerator from '../../src/generators/app'
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ jest.mock(
             start: jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => ({succeed: jest.fn()})),
           }
         }),
+        warning: jest.fn(),
       },
     }
   }),
@@ -128,4 +130,22 @@ describe('AppGenerator', () => {
       stdio: 'ignore',
     })
   })
+
+  describe('when git init fails', () => {
+    it('logs warn with instructions', async () => {
+      // @ts-ignore (TS complains about reassign)
+      spawn.sync = jest.fn().mockImplementation((command, options) => {
+        if (command === 'git' && options[0] === 'init') {
+          return {status: 1}
+        }
+        return {status: 0}
+      })
+      await generator.run()
+
+      expect(log.warning).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Failed to run git init.')
+      expect(log.warning).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        'Find out more about how to install git here: https://git-scm.com/downloads.',
+      )
+    })
+  })
 })