diff --git a/packages/core/application/application-common.ts b/packages/core/application/application-common.ts
index 46f22e400..e8ccf11fb 100644
--- a/packages/core/application/application-common.ts
+++ b/packages/core/application/application-common.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export function loadAppCss(): void {
 		});
 	} catch (e) {
 		if (Trace.isEnabled()) {
-			Trace.write(`The app CSS file ${getCssFileName()} couldn't be loaded!`, Trace.categories.Style, Trace.messageType.error);
+			Trace.write(`The app CSS file ${getCssFileName()} couldn't be loaded!`, Trace.categories.Style, Trace.messageType.warn);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/styling/style-scope.ts b/packages/core/ui/styling/style-scope.ts
index cb27c9ac0..bbe3088ea 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/styling/style-scope.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/styling/style-scope.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ class CSSSource {
 				return CSSSource.fromDetect(cssOrAst, keyframes, resolvedModuleName);
 			}
 		} catch (e) {
-			Trace.write(`Could not load CSS from ${uri}: ${e}`, Trace.categories.Error, Trace.messageType.error);
+			if (Trace.isEnabled()) {
+				Trace.write(`Could not load CSS from ${uri}: ${e}`, Trace.categories.Error, Trace.messageType.warn);
+			}
 		}
 
 		return CSSSource.fromFile(appRelativeUri, keyframes);