diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/maps/map.cc b/selfdrive/ui/qt/maps/map.cc
index 5f178e9f8f..bb66f0869d 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/maps/map.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/maps/map.cc
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #include <QDebug>
 
+#include "common/swaglog.h"
 #include "selfdrive/ui/qt/maps/map_helpers.h"
 #include "selfdrive/ui/qt/util.h"
 #include "selfdrive/ui/ui.h"
@@ -262,6 +263,10 @@ void MapWindow::initializeGL() {
       loaded_once = true;
     }
   });
+
+  QObject::connect(m_map.data(), &QMapLibre::Map::mapLoadingFailed, [=](QMapLibre::Map::MapLoadingFailure err_code, const QString &reason) {
+    LOGE("Map loading failed with %d: '%s'\n", err_code, reason.toStdString().c_str());
+  });
 }
 
 void MapWindow::paintGL() {