diff --git a/platform/commonUI/formats/bundle.json b/platform/commonUI/formats/bundle.json
index 738ce1bb63..8f9b23d5f5 100644
--- a/platform/commonUI/formats/bundle.json
+++ b/platform/commonUI/formats/bundle.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
                 "provides": "formatService",
                 "type": "provider",
                 "implementation": "FormatProvider.js",
-                "depends": [ "formats[]" ]
+                "depends": [ "formats[]", "$log" ]
             }
         ],
         "formats": [
diff --git a/platform/commonUI/formats/src/FormatProvider.js b/platform/commonUI/formats/src/FormatProvider.js
index e72dd52b68..421d9bfd39 100644
--- a/platform/commonUI/formats/src/FormatProvider.js
+++ b/platform/commonUI/formats/src/FormatProvider.js
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ define([
      * @param {Array.<function(new : Format)>} format constructors,
      *        from the `formats` extension category.
      */
-    function FormatProvider(formats) {
+    function FormatProvider(formats, $log) {
         var formatMap = {};
 
         function addToMap(Format) {
@@ -97,10 +97,15 @@ define([
 
         formats.forEach(addToMap);
         this.formatMap = formatMap;
+        this.$log = $log;
     }
 
     FormatProvider.prototype.getFormat = function (key) {
-        return this.formatMap[key];
+        var format = this.formatMap[key];
+        if (!format) {
+            this.$log.warn("No format found for " + key);
+        }
+        return format;
     };
 
     return FormatProvider;