diff --git a/src/ObjLoading/Game/IW4/AssetLoaders/AssetLoaderMaterial.cpp b/src/ObjLoading/Game/IW4/AssetLoaders/AssetLoaderMaterial.cpp
index a17e7ef7..e4237382 100644
--- a/src/ObjLoading/Game/IW4/AssetLoaders/AssetLoaderMaterial.cpp
+++ b/src/ObjLoading/Game/IW4/AssetLoaders/AssetLoaderMaterial.cpp
@@ -881,7 +881,10 @@ namespace IW4
             const auto techniqueFileName = AssetLoaderTechniqueSet::GetTechniqueFileName(techniqueName);
             const auto file = m_search_path->Open(techniqueFileName);
             if (!file.IsOpen())
+            {
+                std::cerr << "Failed to find file for technique \"" << techniqueName << "\"\n";
                 return nullptr;
+            }
 
             state_map::StateMapFromTechniqueExtractor extractor;
             const techset::TechniqueFileReader reader(*file.m_stream, techniqueFileName, &extractor);