diff --git a/src/blackcore/vatsimbookingreader.cpp b/src/blackcore/vatsimbookingreader.cpp
index ad5627e72..52e17dc8d 100644
--- a/src/blackcore/vatsimbookingreader.cpp
+++ b/src/blackcore/vatsimbookingreader.cpp
@@ -156,8 +156,11 @@ namespace BlackCore
                 this->setUpdateTimestamp(updateTimestamp); // thread safe update
                 emit this->dataRead(bookedStations);
             } // node
-        } else {
-            // with errors
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // network error
+            CLogMessage(this).warning("Reading bookings failed %1 %2") << nwReply->errorString() << nwReply->url().toString();
             nwReply->abort();
         }
     } // method
diff --git a/src/blackcore/vatsimdatafilereader.cpp b/src/blackcore/vatsimdatafilereader.cpp
index 4db4a8a32..18af32c49 100644
--- a/src/blackcore/vatsimdatafilereader.cpp
+++ b/src/blackcore/vatsimdatafilereader.cpp
@@ -360,9 +360,9 @@ namespace BlackCore
         else
         {
             // network error
+            CLogMessage(this).warning("Reading VATSIM data file failed %1 %2") << nwReply->errorString() << nwReply->url().toString();
             nwReply->abort();
         }
-
     }
 
     const QMap<QString, QString> CVatsimDataFileReader::clientPartsToMap(const QString &currentLine, const QStringList &clientSectionAttributes)