diff --git a/kitty/core_text.m b/kitty/core_text.m
index 51403d7ed..ff8af760e 100644
--- a/kitty/core_text.m
+++ b/kitty/core_text.m
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@
                 }
                 if (found) {
                     ans = new_font;
+                    if (global_state.debug_font_fallback) fprintf(stderr, "Manually found fallback font.\n");
                     break;
                 }
             }