diff --git a/src/cardwidget.cc b/src/cardwidget.cc
index a9e4727..089768e 100644
--- a/src/cardwidget.cc
+++ b/src/cardwidget.cc
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ void CardWidget::onCodecChange() {
 
           if (!(o = pa_context_send_message_to_object(get_context(), card_bluez_message_handler_path(pulse_card_name).c_str(),
               "switch-codec", codec_message.c_str(), NULL, NULL))) {
-              show_error(_("pa_context_set_card_profile_by_index() failed"));
+              g_debug(_("pa_context_send_message_to_object() failed: %s"), pa_strerror(pa_context_errno(get_context())));
               return;
           }
 
diff --git a/src/pavucontrol.cc b/src/pavucontrol.cc
index 0d74ee8..e735622 100644
--- a/src/pavucontrol.cc
+++ b/src/pavucontrol.cc
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ template<typename U> void send_message(pa_context *c, const char *target, const
 
     if (!o) {
         delete send_message_userdata;
-        show_error(_("pa_context_send_message_to_object() failed"));
+        g_debug(_("pa_context_send_message_to_object() failed: %s"), pa_strerror(pa_context_errno(context)));
         return;
     }
     pa_operation_unref(o);