diff --git a/src/proc.sh b/src/proc.sh
index c73760a..d56b7b5 100644
--- a/src/proc.sh
+++ b/src/proc.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ set -Eeuo pipefail
 : "${CPU_MODEL:=""}"
 : "${DEF_MODEL:="neoverse-n1"}"
 
-[[ "${ARCH,,}" != "arm"* ]] && KVM="N"
+ if [[ "${ARCH,,}" != "arm64" ]]; then
+  KVM="N"
+  warn "your CPU architecture is ${ARCH} and cannot provide KVM acceleration for ARM64 instructions, this will cause a major loss of performance."
+fi
 
 if [[ "$KVM" != [Nn]* ]]; then