diff --git a/lib/torrent.js b/lib/torrent.js
index ad0785d9..eb63971f 100644
--- a/lib/torrent.js
+++ b/lib/torrent.js
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ Torrent.prototype._getMetadataFromServer = function () {
 
   function getMetadataFromURL (url, cb) {
     if (url.indexOf('http://') !== 0 && url.indexOf('https://') !== 0) {
-      self._debug('skipping non-http xs param: %s', url)
+      self.emit('warning', new Error('skipping non-http xs param: ' + url))
       return cb(null)
     }
 
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ Torrent.prototype._getMetadataFromServer = function () {
     try {
       req = get.concat(opts, onResponse)
     } catch (err) {
-      self._debug('skipping invalid url xs param: %s', url)
+      self.emit('warning', new Error('skipping invalid url xs param: ' + url))
       return cb(null)
     }
 
@@ -413,11 +413,11 @@ Torrent.prototype._getMetadataFromServer = function () {
       if (self.metadata) return cb(null)
 
       if (err) {
-        self._debug('http error from xs param: %s', url)
+        self.emit('warning', new Error('http error from xs param: ' + url))
         return cb(null)
       }
       if (res.statusCode !== 200) {
-        self._debug('non-200 status code %s from xs param: %s', res.statusCode, url)
+        self.emit('warning', new Error('non-200 status code ' + res.statusCode + ' from xs param: ' + url))
         return cb(null)
       }
 
@@ -427,12 +427,12 @@ Torrent.prototype._getMetadataFromServer = function () {
       } catch (err) {}
 
       if (!parsedTorrent) {
-        self._debug('got invalid torrent file from xs param: %s', url)
+        self.emit('warning', new Error('got invalid torrent file from xs param: ' + url))
         return cb(null)
       }
 
       if (parsedTorrent.infoHash !== self.infoHash) {
-        self._debug('got torrent file with incorrect info hash from xs param: %s', url)
+        self.emit('warning', new Error('got torrent file with incorrect info hash from xs param: ' + url))
         return cb(null)
       }
 
@@ -795,13 +795,13 @@ Torrent.prototype.addWebSeed = function (url) {
   if (this.destroyed) throw new Error('torrent is destroyed')
 
   if (!/^https?:\/\/.+/.test(url)) {
-    this._debug('ignoring invalid web seed %s', url)
+    this.emit('warning', new Error('ignoring invalid web seed: ' + url))
     this.emit('invalidPeer', url)
     return
   }
 
   if (this._peers[url]) {
-    this._debug('ignoring duplicate web seed %s', url)
+    this.emit('warning', new Error('ignoring duplicate web seed: ' + url))
     this.emit('invalidPeer', url)
     return
   }