diff --git a/src/ode_solve.jl b/src/ode_solve.jl
index bb417b649..eb5ae942e 100644
--- a/src/ode_solve.jl
+++ b/src/ode_solve.jl
@@ -358,6 +358,8 @@ function DiffEqBase.__solve(prob::DiffEqBase.AbstractODEProblem,
 
     !(chain isa Lux.AbstractExplicitLayer) && error("Only Lux.AbstractExplicitLayer neural networks are supported")
     phi, init_params = generate_phi_θ(chain, t0, u0, init_params)
+    ((eltype(eltype(init_params).types[1]) <: Complex || eltype(eltype(init_params).types[2]) <: Complex) && alg.strategy isa QuadratureTraining) &&
+        error("QuadratureTraining cannot be used with complex parameters. Use other strategies.")
 
     init_params = if alg.param_estim
         ComponentArrays.ComponentArray(; depvar = ComponentArrays.ComponentArray(init_params), p = prob.p)