diff --git a/nav2_rviz_plugins/CMakeLists.txt b/nav2_rviz_plugins/CMakeLists.txt
index 3272afe849..bd9059d698 100644
--- a/nav2_rviz_plugins/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/nav2_rviz_plugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ target_link_libraries(${library_name} PUBLIC
   ${std_msgs_TARGETS}
   tf2_geometry_msgs::tf2_geometry_msgs
   ${visualization_msgs_TARGETS}
-  # TODO(clalancette): We aren't linking against any Qt libraries here?
 )
 target_link_libraries(${library_name} PRIVATE
   ament_index_cpp::ament_index_cpp
diff --git a/nav2_rviz_plugins/src/costmap_cost_tool.cpp b/nav2_rviz_plugins/src/costmap_cost_tool.cpp
index 98c1a934a7..5873b54f45 100644
--- a/nav2_rviz_plugins/src/costmap_cost_tool.cpp
+++ b/nav2_rviz_plugins/src/costmap_cost_tool.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ void CostmapCostTool::onInitialize()
   node_ptr_ = context_->getRosNodeAbstraction().lock();
   if (node_ptr_ == nullptr) {
     // The node no longer exists, so just don't initialize
+    RCLCPP_ERROR(
+      rclcpp::get_logger("costmap_cost_tool"),
+      "Underlying ROS node no longer exists, initialization failed");
     return;
   }
   rclcpp::Node::SharedPtr node = node_ptr_->get_raw_node();
diff --git a/nav2_rviz_plugins/src/docking_panel.cpp b/nav2_rviz_plugins/src/docking_panel.cpp
index 08567f17ea..7daa327079 100644
--- a/nav2_rviz_plugins/src/docking_panel.cpp
+++ b/nav2_rviz_plugins/src/docking_panel.cpp
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ void DockingPanel::onInitialize()
   node_ptr_ = getDisplayContext()->getRosNodeAbstraction().lock();
   if (node_ptr_ == nullptr) {
     // The node no longer exists, so just don't initialize
+    RCLCPP_ERROR(
+      rclcpp::get_logger("docking_panel"),
+      "Underlying ROS node no longer exists, initialization failed");
     return;
   }
   rclcpp::Node::SharedPtr node = node_ptr_->get_raw_node();
diff --git a/nav2_rviz_plugins/src/nav2_panel.cpp b/nav2_rviz_plugins/src/nav2_panel.cpp
index 995390f03b..e10f1eccdb 100644
--- a/nav2_rviz_plugins/src/nav2_panel.cpp
+++ b/nav2_rviz_plugins/src/nav2_panel.cpp
@@ -781,6 +781,9 @@ Nav2Panel::onInitialize()
   node_ptr_ = getDisplayContext()->getRosNodeAbstraction().lock();
   if (node_ptr_ == nullptr) {
     // The node no longer exists, so just don't initialize
+    RCLCPP_ERROR(
+      rclcpp::get_logger("nav2_panel"),
+      "Underlying ROS node no longer exists, initialization failed");
     return;
   }
   rclcpp::Node::SharedPtr node = node_ptr_->get_raw_node();