diff --git a/lib/PsychicMqttClient/src/PsychicMqttClient.cpp b/lib/PsychicMqttClient/src/PsychicMqttClient.cpp
index 5d037b7e..ba1dc5f1 100644
--- a/lib/PsychicMqttClient/src/PsychicMqttClient.cpp
+++ b/lib/PsychicMqttClient/src/PsychicMqttClient.cpp
@@ -438,8 +438,13 @@ void PsychicMqttClient::connect()
     if (start_result == ESP_OK)
     {
         _started = true;
+        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "MQTT client started.");
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // Reporting success here hides the one state reconnect() cannot recover from.
+        ESP_LOGE(TAG, "MQTT client failed to start: %s", esp_err_to_name(start_result));
     }
-    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "MQTT client started.");
 }
 
 void PsychicMqttClient::reconnect()