diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 166889c..5df5f5d 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include <string_view>
 #include <set>
 
-static constexpr bool fatal_errors = true;
+static constexpr bool fatal_errors = true; // keep this true for tests
 
 #define ENABLE_VULKAN_VALIDATION true
 static constexpr bool vulkan_enable_validation_layers =
@@ -773,6 +773,13 @@ static VKAPI_ATTR VkBool32 VKAPI_CALL VulkanDebugCallback(
     void* user_data) {
 
     std::cerr << "[debug log] validation layer: " << callback_data->pMessage << std::endl;
+    if (message_severity >= VK_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSAGE_SEVERITY_WARNING_BIT_EXT) {
+        if constexpr (fatal_errors) {
+            const std::string_view msg = callback_data->pMessage;
+            if (!msg.starts_with("loader_scanned_icd_add: Could not get 'vkCreateInstance' via 'vk_icdGetInstanceProcAddr'"))
+                throw std::logic_error(std::string("Received Vulkan-ValidationLayer Error: ") + callback_data->pMessage);
+        }
+    }
     return vk::False;
 }
 /*static VKAPI_ATTR VkBool32 VKAPI_CALL VulkanReportCallback(