diff --git a/src/poseidon_opt.js b/src/poseidon_opt.js
index f9d2692..ecf1b6c 100644
--- a/src/poseidon_opt.js
+++ b/src/poseidon_opt.js
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ export default async function buildPoseidon() {
         assert(inputs.length > 0);
         assert(inputs.length <= N_ROUNDS_P.length);
 
+        if (inputs.some((i) => i < 0 || i >= F.p)) {
+            throw new Error(`One or more inputs are not in the field: ${F.p}`);
+        }
+
         if (initState) {
             initState = F.e(initState);
         } else {
diff --git a/src/poseidon_reference.js b/src/poseidon_reference.js
index a57f52f..91811c2 100644
--- a/src/poseidon_reference.js
+++ b/src/poseidon_reference.js
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ export default async function buildPoseidon() {
         assert(inputs.length > 0);
         assert(inputs.length <= N_ROUNDS_P.length);
 
+        if (inputs.some((i) => i < 0 || i >= F.p)) {
+            throw new Error(`One or more inputs are not in the field: ${F.p}`);
+        }
+
         const t = inputs.length + 1;
         const nRoundsF = N_ROUNDS_F;
         const nRoundsP = N_ROUNDS_P[t - 2];
diff --git a/src/poseidon_wasm.js b/src/poseidon_wasm.js
index c7048c0..cfebae2 100644
--- a/src/poseidon_wasm.js
+++ b/src/poseidon_wasm.js
@@ -16,14 +16,31 @@ export async function buildPoseidon() {
         let buff;
         let n;
         if (Array.isArray(arr)) {
+            if (arr.some((i) => i < 0 || i >= F.p)) {
+                throw new Error(`One or more inputs are not in the field: ${F.p}`);
+            }
             n = arr.length;
             buff = new Uint8Array(n*32);
             for (let i=0; i<n; i++) buff.set(F.e(arr[i]), i*32);
         } else {
             buff = arr;
             n = buff.byteLength / 32;
-            if (n*32 != buff.byteLength) throw new Error("Invalid iput buff size");
+            if (buff.byteLength % 32 !== 0) throw new Error("Invalid input buff size");
+
+            const chunkSize = 32;
+            const chunks = [];
+            for (let i = 0; i < buff.length; i += chunkSize) {
+                chunks.push(buff.slice(i, i + chunkSize));
+            }
+
+            chunks.forEach((chunk) => {
+                const bi = chunk.reduceRight((acc, n) => (acc << 8n) | BigInt(n), 0n);
+                if (bi < 0 || bi >= F.p) {
+                    throw new Error(`One or more inputs are not in the field: ${F.p}`);
+                }
+            });
         }
+
         bn128.tm.setBuff(pIn, buff);
 
         if ((n<1)||(n>16)) throw new Error("Invalid poseidon size");
@@ -437,4 +454,4 @@ export function buildPoseidonWasm(module) {
 
     buildPoseidon();
     module.exportFunction("poseidon");
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/test/poseidon.js b/test/poseidon.js
index 8ef544e..d5b6199 100644
--- a/test/poseidon.js
+++ b/test/poseidon.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import chai from "chai";
 const assert = chai.assert;
+const expect = chai.expect;
 
 import buildPoseidonOpt from "../src/poseidon_opt.js";
 import {buildPoseidon as buildPoseidonWasm } from "../src/poseidon_wasm.js";
@@ -209,4 +210,57 @@ describe("Poseidon test", function () {
             }
         }
     });
+
+    it("Should check if inputs are in field", async () => {
+
+        function arrayToReversedUint8Array(arr) {
+            const byteArray = [];
+            arr.forEach((num) => {
+                assert(num < 2n ** 256n)
+                const hex = num.toString(16);
+                const paddedHex = hex.padStart(64, '0');
+
+                for (let i = 0; i < paddedHex.length; i += 2) {
+                    byteArray.push(parseInt(paddedHex.substring(i, i + 2), 16));
+                }
+            });
+            return new Uint8Array(byteArray.reverse());
+        }
+
+        const funcFactory = (func, input) => {
+            return () => func(input);
+        }
+
+        // TODO fix this assertion
+        assert(
+          poseidonWasm.F.eq(funcFactory(poseidonWasm, [1n])(),
+          funcFactory(poseidonWasm, arrayToReversedUint8Array([1n]))()),
+        );
+
+        expect(funcFactory(poseidonWasm, [21888242871839275222246405745257275088548364400416034343698204186575808495616n]))
+          .not.to.throw();
+        expect(funcFactory(poseidonWasm, [21888242871839275222246405745257275088548364400416034343698204186575808495617n]))
+          .to.throw("One or more inputs are not in the field");
+        expect(funcFactory(poseidonWasm, ([-1n])))
+          .to.throw("One or more inputs are not in the field");
+
+        expect(funcFactory(poseidonWasm, arrayToReversedUint8Array([21888242871839275222246405745257275088548364400416034343698204186575808495616n])))
+          .not.to.throw();
+        expect(funcFactory(poseidonWasm, arrayToReversedUint8Array([21888242871839275222246405745257275088548364400416034343698204186575808495617n])))
+          .to.throw("One or more inputs are not in the field");
+
+        expect(funcFactory(poseidonOpt, [21888242871839275222246405745257275088548364400416034343698204186575808495616n]))
+          .not.to.throw();
+        expect(funcFactory(poseidonOpt, [21888242871839275222246405745257275088548364400416034343698204186575808495617n]))
+          .to.throw("One or more inputs are not in the field");
+        expect(funcFactory(poseidonOpt, ([-1n]), false))
+          .to.throw("One or more inputs are not in the field");
+
+        expect(funcFactory(poseidonReference, [21888242871839275222246405745257275088548364400416034343698204186575808495616n]))
+          .not.to.throw();
+        expect(funcFactory(poseidonReference, [21888242871839275222246405745257275088548364400416034343698204186575808495617n]))
+          .to.throw("One or more inputs are not in the field");
+        expect(funcFactory(poseidonReference, ([-1n]), false))
+          .to.throw("One or more inputs are not in the field");
+    });
 });