diff --git a/lib/get-binary.js b/lib/get-binary.js
index c826795..b019e30 100644
--- a/lib/get-binary.js
+++ b/lib/get-binary.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
+const debug = require('debug')('youtube-dl')
 const { readFileSync, existsSync } = require('fs')
 const path = require('path')
 
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ const detailsPath = path.join(binPath, 'details')
 
 module.exports = () => {
   if (!existsSync(detailsPath)) {
-    return console.warn('WARNING: unable to locate `youtube-dl` at ' + binPath)
+    return debug('unable to locate `youtube-dl` at ' + binPath)
   }
 
   const details = JSON.parse(readFileSync(detailsPath))
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fb0704c..a7e7d15 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@
     "youtube"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
+    "debug": "~4.1.1",
     "execa": "~3.2.0",
     "hh-mm-ss": "~1.2.0",
     "mkdirp": "~0.5.1",