diff --git a/SQL/migrate/V055__cargo_db_errors.sql b/SQL/migrate/V055__cargo_db_errors.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9510aa859c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SQL/migrate/V055__cargo_db_errors.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+--
+-- Adds a column to ss13_cargo_items which enables the storage of load errors
+--
+
+ALTER TABLE `ss13_cargo_items`
+	ADD COLUMN `error_message` TEXT NULL DEFAULT NULL AFTER `order_by`;
diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystems/cargo.dm b/code/controllers/subsystems/cargo.dm
index bb2dd70872d..7e8c7af66ca 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystems/cargo.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystems/cargo.dm
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ var/datum/controller/subsystem/cargo/SScargo
 					item_query.item[11])
 			catch(var/exception/ei)
 				log_debug("SScargo: Error when loading item [item_id] from sql: [ei]")
+				var/DBQuery/item_error_query = dbcon.NewQuery("UPDATE ss13_cargo_items SET load_error = :error_message: WHERE id = :id:")
+				item_error_query.Execute(list("id"=item_id,"error_message"="[ei]"))
+
 
 //Loads the cargo data from JSON
 /datum/controller/subsystem/cargo/proc/load_from_json()