diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index e6445f4a3..eacf08c75 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1440,9 +1440,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	gui::IGUIFont* font = guienv->getFont(porting::getDataPath("fontlucida.png").c_str());
 	if(font)
 		skin->setFont(font);
+	else
+		dstream<<"WARNING: Font file was not found."
+				" Using default font."<<std::endl;
 	// If font was not found, this will get us one
 	font = skin->getFont();
-	
+	assert(font);
+
 	u32 text_height = font->getDimension(L"Hello, world!").Height;
 	dstream<<"text_height="<<text_height<<std::endl;