diff --git a/changelog.json b/changelog.json
index d5f0cd1..efd212e 100644
--- a/changelog.json
+++ b/changelog.json
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
     "version": "0.22.5",
     "date": "",
     "en": [
-      "Cluster filters gain NEW POTA and NEW COUNTY, alongside the existing status chips."
+      "Cluster filters gain NEW POTA and NEW COUNTY, alongside the existing status chips.",
+      "A playback that fails to start now says so in the log instead of ending silently after a tenth of a second."
     ],
     "fr": [
-      "Les filtres du cluster gagnent NEW POTA et NEW COUNTY, à côté des pastilles de statut existantes."
+      "Les filtres du cluster gagnent NEW POTA et NEW COUNTY, à côté des pastilles de statut existantes.",
+      "Une lecture qui ne démarre pas le signale désormais dans le journal, au lieu de s'arrêter en silence au bout d'un dixième de seconde."
     ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/internal/audio/manager.go b/internal/audio/manager.go
index 48b918c..c0febe1 100644
--- a/internal/audio/manager.go
+++ b/internal/audio/manager.go
@@ -131,7 +131,13 @@ func (m *Manager) Play(deviceID, path string, gainPct int) error {
 	m.playStop = stop
 	m.mu.Unlock()
 	go func() {
-		_ = playPCM(deviceID, pcm, rate, ch, bits, stop)
+		// The error was discarded. A device that refuses to start returns here
+		// instantly, the PTT is released 120 ms later, and NOTHING says why —
+		// which is exactly what a station heard as "it plays once, then never
+		// again": the call succeeded, the sound did not.
+		if err := playPCM(deviceID, pcm, rate, ch, bits, stop); err != nil {
+			LogSink("audio: playback on %q failed: %v", DeviceName(deviceID), err)
+		}
 		m.mu.Lock()
 		if m.playStop == stop {
 			m.playStop = nil