diff --git a/src/strings.js b/src/strings.js
index 670ed01d..cd3c7907 100644
--- a/src/strings.js
+++ b/src/strings.js
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ $.extend( $, /** @lends OpenSeadragon */{
         string = container[ props[ i ] ];
 
         if ( typeof( string ) != "string" ) {
-            $.console.debug( "Untranslated source string:", prop );
+            $.console.log( "Untranslated source string:", prop );
             string = ""; // FIXME: this breaks gettext()-style convention, which would return source
         }