diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/FileFormats/AudLoader.cs b/OpenRA.Game/FileFormats/AudLoader.cs
index 847223a85d..c48f852807 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/FileFormats/AudLoader.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/FileFormats/AudLoader.cs
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.FileFormats
 				// If not, it will simply return false so we know we can't use it. If it is, it will start
 				// parsing the data without any further failsafes, which means that it will crash on corrupted files
 				// (that end prematurely or otherwise don't conform to the specifications despite the headers being OK).
-				Log.Write("debug", "Failed to parse AUD file {0}. Error message:".F(fileName));
-				Log.Write("debug", e.ToString());
+				Log.Write("sound", "Failed to parse AUD file {0}. Error message:".F(fileName));
+				Log.Write("sound", e.ToString());
 				rawData = null;
 				return false;
 			}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/FileFormats/WavLoader.cs b/OpenRA.Game/FileFormats/WavLoader.cs
index 3f7d3fba2a..297c733ca8 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/FileFormats/WavLoader.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/FileFormats/WavLoader.cs
@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.FileFormats
 				// If not, it will simply return false so we know we can't use it. If it is, it will start
 				// parsing the data without any further failsafes, which means that it will crash on corrupted files
 				// (that end prematurely or otherwise don't conform to the specifications despite the headers being OK).
-				Log.Write("debug", "Failed to parse WAV file {0}. Error message:".F(fileName));
-				Log.Write("debug", e.ToString());
+				Log.Write("sound", "Failed to parse WAV file {0}. Error message:".F(fileName));
+				Log.Write("sound", e.ToString());
 				return false;
 			}