diff --git a/share/kak/kakrc b/share/kak/kakrc
index 3c49bd93..06692034 100644
--- a/share/kak/kakrc
+++ b/share/kak/kakrc
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def -params 1 -docstring "colorscheme <name>: enable named colorscheme" \
     autoload() {
         dir=$1
         for rcfile in ${dir}/*.kak; do
-            echo "try %{ source '${rcfile}' } catch %{ }";
+            echo "try %{ source '${rcfile}' } catch %{ echo -debug Autoload: could not load '${rcfile}' }";
         done
         for subdir in ${dir}/*; do
             if [ -d "$subdir" ]; then