diff --git a/src/Map.ts b/src/Map.ts
index de99c3f..bc5b70a 100644
--- a/src/Map.ts
+++ b/src/Map.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import maplibregl from "maplibre-gl";
+import maplibregl, { AJAXError } from "maplibre-gl";
 import { Base64 } from "js-base64";
 import type {
   StyleSpecification,
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import { getBrowserLanguage, Language, type LanguageInfo } from "./language";
 import { styleToStyle } from "./mapstyle";
 import { MaptilerTerrainControl } from "./MaptilerTerrainControl";
 import { MaptilerNavigationControl } from "./MaptilerNavigationControl";
-import { geolocation, getLanguageInfoFromFlag, toLanguageInfo } from "@maptiler/client";
+import { MapStyle, geolocation, getLanguageInfoFromFlag, toLanguageInfo } from "@maptiler/client";
 import { MaptilerGeolocateControl } from "./MaptilerGeolocateControl";
 import { ScaleControl } from "./MLAdapters/ScaleControl";
 import { FullscreenControl } from "./MLAdapters/FullscreenControl";
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import { FullscreenControl } from "./MLAdapters/FullscreenControl";
 import Minimap from "./Minimap";
 import type { MinimapOptionsInput } from "./Minimap";
 import { CACHE_API_AVAILABLE, registerLocalCacheProtocol } from "./caching";
+import { getRequestlogger } from "./RequestLogger";
 
 export type LoadWithTerrainEvent = {
   type: "loadWithTerrain";
@@ -223,6 +224,33 @@ export class Map extends maplibregl.Map {
       attributionControl: options.forceNoAttributionControl === true ? false : attributionControlOptions,
     });
 
+    // Safeguard for distant styles at non-http 2xx status URLs
+    this.on("error", (event) => {
+      if (event.error instanceof AJAXError) {
+        const err = event.error as AJAXError;
+        const url = err.url;
+
+        // Looking into the request logger if a record with such url exists
+        // in order to get its resourceType
+        const requestLogger = getRequestlogger();
+        const requestRecord = requestLogger.get(url);
+
+        // If the AJAXError is for a "Style" we fall back to the default style, and add a console warning.
+        if (requestRecord && requestRecord.resourceType === "Style") {
+          let warning = `The style at URL ${url} could not be loaded. `;
+          // Loading a new style failed. If a style is not already in place,
+          // the default one is loaded instead + warning in console
+          if (!this.getStyle()) {
+            this.setStyle(MapStyle.STREETS);
+            warning += `Loading default style "${MapStyle.STREETS.getDefaultVariant().getId()}" as a fallback.`;
+          } else {
+            warning += "Leaving the style as is.";
+          }
+          console.warn(warning);
+        }
+      }
+    });
+
     if (config.caching && !CACHE_API_AVAILABLE) {
       console.warn(
         "The cache API is only available in secure contexts. More info at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Cache",
@@ -632,7 +660,19 @@ export class Map extends maplibregl.Map {
       this.forceLanguageUpdate = false;
     });
 
-    return super.setStyle(styleToStyle(style), options);
+    const compatibleStyle = styleToStyle(
+      style,
+      // onStyleUrlNotFound callback
+      // This callback is async (performs a header fetch)
+      // and will most likely run after the `super.setStyle()` below
+      // (styleURL: string) => {
+      //   console.warn(`The style URL ${styleURL} does not yield a valid style. Loading the default style instead.`);
+      //   this.setStyle(MapStyle.STREETS);
+      // },
+    );
+
+    super.setStyle(compatibleStyle, options);
+    return this;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/RequestLogger.ts b/src/RequestLogger.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b8f412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/RequestLogger.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import type { ResourceType } from "maplibre-gl";
+
+/**
+ * Entry for a request
+ */
+export type RequestRecord = {
+  /**
+   * URL, absolute or relative
+   */
+  url: string;
+
+  /**
+   * Code for the type of resource
+   */
+  resourceType?: ResourceType;
+
+  /**
+   * Timestamps (ms) just before perfoaming the request
+   */
+  timestamp: [number];
+};
+
+/**
+ * Logs all the request (http and custom protocols) with resource types.
+ * Essentially a JS Map object.
+ */
+class RequestLogger {
+  private records = new Map<string, RequestRecord>();
+
+  /**
+   * Add a record. The unique key is the URL. If URL already exists,
+   * a new timestamp is added to the array for the already existing record.
+   */
+  add(url: string, resourceType?: ResourceType) {
+    if (this.records.has(url)) {
+      const record = this.records.get(url);
+      record?.timestamp.push(+new Date());
+    } else {
+      this.records.set(url, {
+        url,
+        resourceType,
+        timestamp: [+new Date()],
+      } as RequestRecord);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets a record or `null`.
+   */
+  get(url: string): RequestRecord | null {
+    if (this.records.has(url)) {
+      return this.records.get(url) as RequestRecord;
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+let requestLogger: RequestLogger | null = null;
+
+/**
+ * Get a singleton RequetLogger instance
+ */
+export function getRequestlogger(): RequestLogger {
+  if (!requestLogger) {
+    requestLogger = new RequestLogger();
+  }
+  return requestLogger;
+}
diff --git a/src/tools.ts b/src/tools.ts
index c5a9d82..5f58110 100644
--- a/src/tools.ts
+++ b/src/tools.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { defaults } from "./defaults";
 import { config } from "./config";
 import { MAPTILER_SESSION_ID } from "./config";
 import { localCacheTransformRequest } from "./caching";
+import { getRequestlogger } from "./RequestLogger";
 
 export function enableRTL() {
   // Prevent this from running server side
@@ -79,8 +80,13 @@ export function maptilerCloudTransformRequest(url: string, resourceType?: Resour
     }
   }
 
+  const localCacheTransformedReq = localCacheTransformRequest(reqUrl, resourceType);
+
+  const requestLogger = getRequestlogger();
+  requestLogger.add(localCacheTransformedReq, resourceType);
+
   return {
-    url: localCacheTransformRequest(reqUrl, resourceType),
+    url: localCacheTransformedReq,
   };
 }