diff --git a/vlib/gg/text_rendering.c.v b/vlib/gg/text_rendering.c.v
index 9530dd2ade..4aec569c65 100644
--- a/vlib/gg/text_rendering.c.v
+++ b/vlib/gg/text_rendering.c.v
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ fn new_ft(c FTConfig) ?&FT {
 		}
 	}
 
+	mut normal_path := c.font_path
 	mut bytes := []byte{}
 	$if android {
 		// First try any filesystem paths
@@ -82,26 +83,33 @@ fn new_ft(c FTConfig) ?&FT {
 			return none
 		}
 	}
-	bold_path := if c.custom_bold_font_path != '' {
+	mut bold_path := if c.custom_bold_font_path != '' {
 		c.custom_bold_font_path
 	} else {
 		get_font_path_variant(c.font_path, .bold)
 	}
 	bytes_bold := os.read_bytes(bold_path) or {
 		debug_font_println('failed to load font "$bold_path"')
+		bold_path = c.font_path
 		bytes
 	}
-	mono_path := get_font_path_variant(c.font_path, .mono)
+	mut mono_path := get_font_path_variant(c.font_path, .mono)
 	bytes_mono := os.read_bytes(mono_path) or {
 		debug_font_println('failed to load font "$mono_path"')
+		mono_path = c.font_path
 		bytes
 	}
-	italic_path := get_font_path_variant(c.font_path, .italic)
+	mut italic_path := get_font_path_variant(c.font_path, .italic)
 	bytes_italic := os.read_bytes(italic_path) or {
 		debug_font_println('failed to load font "$italic_path"')
+		italic_path = c.font_path
 		bytes
 	}
 	fons := sfons.create(512, 512, 1)
+	debug_font_println('Font used for font_normal : $normal_path')
+	debug_font_println('Font used for font_bold   : $bold_path')
+	debug_font_println('Font used for font_mono   : $mono_path')
+	debug_font_println('Font used for font_italic : $italic_path')
 	return &FT{
 		fons: fons
 		font_normal: C.fonsAddFontMem(fons, c'sans', bytes.data, bytes.len, false)