diff --git a/src/blackgui/guiapplication.cpp b/src/blackgui/guiapplication.cpp
index 4a544c7bf..d361f360e 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/guiapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/guiapplication.cpp
@@ -533,7 +533,11 @@ namespace BlackGui
     {
         const CGlobalSetup gs = this->getGlobalSetup();
         const CUrl helpPage = gs.getHelpPageUrl();
-        if (helpPage.isEmpty()) { return; }
+        if (helpPage.isEmpty())
+        {
+            CLogMessage(this).warning("No help page");
+            return;
+        }
         QDesktopServices::openUrl(helpPage);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.cpp b/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.cpp
index c457adfe5..65cb5e4f6 100644
--- a/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.cpp
+++ b/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.cpp
@@ -184,7 +184,11 @@ void CSwiftLauncher::loadLatestNews()
 {
     CFailoverUrlList newsUrls(sGui->getGlobalSetup().getSwiftLatestNewsUrls());
     const CUrl newsUrl(newsUrls.obtainNextWorkingUrl());
-    if (newsUrl.isEmpty()) { return; }
+    if (newsUrl.isEmpty())
+    {
+        CLogMessage(this).error("No working news URL in %1") << newsUrls.toQString();
+        return;
+    }
     sGui->getFromNetwork(newsUrl, { this, &CSwiftLauncher::ps_displayLatestNews});
 }