diff --git a/dvc/project.py b/dvc/project.py
index 1a1ebbc02..96e031507 100644
--- a/dvc/project.py
+++ b/dvc/project.py
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ class Project(object):
                 else:
                     ret = fd.read()
         except Exception as exc:
-            self.logger.debug('Unable to read metric in \'{}\''.format(path), exc)
+            self.logger.error('Unable to read metric in \'{}\''.format(path), exc)
 
         return ret