diff --git a/ovos_audio/audio.py b/ovos_audio/audio.py
index 1b4db9e..5975f90 100644
--- a/ovos_audio/audio.py
+++ b/ovos_audio/audio.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from ovos_utils.log import LOG
 from ovos_utils.process_utils import MonotonicEvent
 from ovos_audio.utils import validate_message_context
-
+from ovos_utils.ocp import MediaState
 try:
     from ovos_plugin_common_play import OCPAudioBackend
 except ImportError:
@@ -92,9 +92,10 @@ def load_services(self):
         local = []
         remote = []
         for plugin_name, plugin_module in found_plugins.items():
-            LOG.info(f'Loading audio service plugin: {plugin_name}')
+            LOG.info(f'Found audio service plugin: {plugin_name}')
             s = setup_audio_service(plugin_module, config=self.config, bus=self.bus)
             if not s:
+                LOG.info(f"{plugin_name} not loaded! config: {self.config}")
                 continue
             if isinstance(s, RemoteAudioBackend):
                 remote += s
@@ -346,6 +347,8 @@ def play(self, tracks, prefered_service, repeat=False):
                     break
             else:
                 LOG.info('No service found for uri_type: ' + uri_type)
+                self.bus.emit(Message("ovos.common_play.media.state",
+                                      {"state": MediaState.INVALID_MEDIA}))
                 return
         if not selected_service.supports_mime_hints:
             tracks = [t[0] if isinstance(t, list) else t for t in tracks]
diff --git a/test/unittests/test_end2end.py b/test/unittests/test_end2end.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c62cdb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unittests/test_end2end.py
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+import unittest
+import unittest.mock as mock
+import time
+from shutil import rmtree
+from threading import Thread
+from time import sleep
+
+from os.path import exists
+from ovos_utils.fakebus import FakeBus
+from ovos_audio.service import AudioService
+from ovos_bus_client.message import Message
+from ovos_utils.ocp import MediaState
+
+
+class TestLegacy(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.core = AudioService(FakeBus(), disable_ocp=True, autoload=False)
+        self.core.config['default-backend'] = "simple"
+        self.core.load_services()
+
+    def test_uri_error(self):
+
+        messages = []
+
+        def new_msg(msg):
+            nonlocal messages
+            m = Message.deserialize(msg)
+            messages.append(m)
+            print(len(messages), msg)
+
+        def wait_for_n_messages(n):
+            nonlocal messages
+            t = time.time()
+            while len(messages) < n:
+                sleep(0.1)
+                if time.time() - t > 10:
+                    raise RuntimeError("did not get the number of expected messages under 10 seconds")
+
+        self.core.bus.on("message", new_msg)
+
+        utt = Message('mycroft.audio.service.play',
+                      {"tracks": ["bad_uri://fake.mp3"]},
+                      {})
+        self.core.bus.emit(utt)
+
+        # confirm all expected messages are sent
+        expected_messages = [
+            'mycroft.audio.service.play',
+            "ovos.common_play.media.state"  # invalid media
+        ]
+        wait_for_n_messages(len(expected_messages))
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(expected_messages), len(messages))
+
+        for idx, m in enumerate(messages):
+            self.assertEqual(m.msg_type, expected_messages[idx])
+
+        state = messages[-1]
+        self.assertEqual(state.data["state"], MediaState.INVALID_MEDIA)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()