diff --git a/src/engine/agent/Agent_Impl.cpp b/src/engine/agent/Agent_Impl.cpp
index 40355552..e995b8af 100644
--- a/src/engine/agent/Agent_Impl.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/agent/Agent_Impl.cpp
@@ -578,6 +578,9 @@ void AgentImpl::processGetMediaStats(Json::Value& request, Json::Value& answer)
                                 referenceAudio.appendBuffer(buffer, wasRead);
                         } while (wasRead == 1024);
                     }
+                    else {
+                        ICELogCritical(<< "Failed to read AQuA reference audio, error code: " << reader.lastError());
+                    }
 
                     sevana::aqua::audio_buffer test(mAquaIncoming.data(), mAquaIncoming.size()),
                             reference(referenceAudio.data(), referenceAudio.size());
diff --git a/src/engine/audio/Audio_WavFile.cpp b/src/engine/audio/Audio_WavFile.cpp
index ec4eda0e..71fb22be 100644
--- a/src/engine/audio/Audio_WavFile.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/audio/Audio_WavFile.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ using namespace Audio;
 
 // ---------------------- WavFileReader -------------------------
 WavFileReader::WavFileReader()
-:mHandle(nullptr), mRate(0)
+:mHandle(nullptr), mRate(0), mLastError(0)
 {
   mDataOffset = 0;
 }
@@ -84,7 +84,16 @@ bool WavFileReader::open(const std::tstring& filename)
     mHandle = fopen(StringHelper::makeUtf8(filename).c_str(), "rb");
   #endif
     if (NULL == mHandle)
+    {
+#if defined(TARGET_ANDROID) || defined(TARGET_LINUX) || defined(TARGET_OSX)
+      mLastError = errno;
+#endif
+#if defined(TARGET_WIN)
+      mLastError = GetLastError();
+#endif
       return false;
+    }
+    mLastError = 0;
     
     // Read the .WAV header
     char riff[4];
@@ -157,7 +166,8 @@ bool WavFileReader::open(const std::tstring& filename)
   }
   catch(...)
   {
-    fclose(mHandle); mHandle = NULL;
+    fclose(mHandle); mHandle = nullptr;
+    mLastError = static_cast<unsigned>(-1);
   }
   return isOpened();
 }
@@ -240,6 +250,10 @@ unsigned WavFileReader::size() const
   return mDataLength;
 }
 
+unsigned WavFileReader::lastError() const
+{
+  return mLastError;
+}
 // ------------------------- WavFileWriter -------------------------
 #define LOG_SUBSYTEM "WavFileWriter"
 
diff --git a/src/engine/audio/Audio_WavFile.h b/src/engine/audio/Audio_WavFile.h
index e2f882d2..35ed71f1 100644
--- a/src/engine/audio/Audio_WavFile.h
+++ b/src/engine/audio/Audio_WavFile.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ namespace Audio
     unsigned mDataOffset;
     unsigned mDataLength;
     Resampler mResampler;
+    unsigned mLastError;
+
     std::string readChunk();
   public:
     WavFileReader();
@@ -47,6 +49,8 @@ namespace Audio
     unsigned read(short* buffer, unsigned samples);
     std::tstring filename() const;
     unsigned size() const;
+
+    unsigned lastError() const;
   };
 
   typedef std::shared_ptr<WavFileReader> PWavFileReader;