diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c5f0921d71..2a451f53f3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-09-26  Wim Taymans  <wim.taymans@gmail.com>
+
+	* tests/examples/snapshot/snapshot.c: (main):
+	Print error when pipeline failed to construct.
+
 2007-09-25  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
 
 	* configure.ac:
diff --git a/tests/examples/snapshot/snapshot.c b/tests/examples/snapshot/snapshot.c
index 67d5c52aee..dc802ebae7 100644
--- a/tests/examples/snapshot/snapshot.c
+++ b/tests/examples/snapshot/snapshot.c
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
       g_strdup_printf ("uridecodebin uri=%s ! ffmpegcolorspace ! videoscale ! "
       " appsink name=sink caps=\"" CAPS "\"", argv[1]);
   pipeline = gst_parse_launch (descr, &error);
-  g_assert (error == NULL);
+
+  if (error != NULL) {
+    g_print ("could not construct pipeline: %s", error->message);
+    g_error_free (error);
+    exit (-1);
+  }
 
   /* get sink */
   sink = gst_bin_get_by_name (GST_BIN (pipeline), "sink");