diff --git a/protocol/connections/peerapp.go b/protocol/connections/peerapp.go
index 811901b..e9bf6aa 100644
--- a/protocol/connections/peerapp.go
+++ b/protocol/connections/peerapp.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func (pa *PeerApp) SendMessage(message model2.PeerMessage) error {
 		// sync map is apparently not guaranteed to be consistent
 		_, ok := pa.getValRequests.Load(message.ID)
 		for !ok {
-			log.Debugf("retrying to load value map...")
+			log.Errorf("retrying to load value map after lookup failure")
 			_, ok = pa.getValRequests.Load(message.ID)
 		}
 	}