diff --git a/kitty/launcher/cmdline.c b/kitty/launcher/cmdline.c
index 6fc8c42bf..7348d3c12 100644
--- a/kitty/launcher/cmdline.c
+++ b/kitty/launcher/cmdline.c
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 #include "shlex.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "launcher.h"
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+#include <os/log.h>
+#endif
 
 
 void
@@ -46,6 +49,11 @@ get_argv_from(const char *filename, const char *argv0, argv_array *final_ans) {
     char* src = read_full_file(filename, &src_sz);
     if (!src) {
         if (errno == ENOENT || errno == ENOTDIR) return true;
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+        int saved = errno;
+        os_log_error(OS_LOG_DEFAULT, "Failed to read from %s with error: %{darwin.errno}d", filename, errno);
+        errno = saved;
+#endif
         fprintf(stderr, "Failed to read from %s ", filename); perror("with error");
         return true;
     }
diff --git a/kitty/logging.c b/kitty/logging.c
index e874143f2..3630ed482 100644
--- a/kitty/logging.c
+++ b/kitty/logging.c
@@ -55,8 +55,10 @@ log_error(const char *fmt, ...) {
     if (!use_os_log) {  // Apple's os_log already records timestamps
         fprintf(stderr, "[%.3f] ", monotonic_t_to_s_double(monotonic()));
     }
+    // To see os_log messages from kitty, use:
+    // log show --predicate 'processImagePath contains "kitty"'
 #ifdef __APPLE__
-    if (use_os_log) os_log(OS_LOG_DEFAULT, "%{public}s", sanbuf);
+    if (use_os_log) os_log_error(OS_LOG_DEFAULT, "%{public}s", sanbuf);
 #endif
     if (!use_os_log) fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", sanbuf);
 #undef bufprint