diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/music/utils/returnyoutubedislike/ReturnYouTubeDislikePatch.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/music/utils/returnyoutubedislike/ReturnYouTubeDislikePatch.kt
index f34eb13bd..cbedf1db3 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/music/utils/returnyoutubedislike/ReturnYouTubeDislikePatch.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/music/utils/returnyoutubedislike/ReturnYouTubeDislikePatch.kt
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ object ReturnYouTubeDislikePatch : ResourcePatch() {
             "revanced_ryd_enabled"
         )
         context.addSwitchPreference("revanced_ryd_compact_layout", "false", "revanced_ryd_enabled")
+        context.addSwitchPreference("revanced_ryd_toast_on_connection_error", "true", "revanced_ryd_enabled")
         context.addPreferenceCategory("revanced_ryd_about")
         context.addAboutPreference("revanced_ryd_attribution")
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/music/settings/host/values/strings.xml b/src/main/resources/music/settings/host/values/strings.xml
index 1eddbabb6..1e954bfc2 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/music/settings/host/values/strings.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/music/settings/host/values/strings.xml
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ WARNING: Do not enable new player backgrounds while this is enabled."</string>
     <string name="revanced_ryd_failure_connection_status_code" formatted="false">Dislikes not available (status %d).</string>
     <string name="revanced_ryd_failure_client_rate_limit_requested">Dislikes not available (client API limit reached).</string>
     <string name="revanced_ryd_failure_generic">Dislikes not available (%s).</string>
+    <string name="revanced_ryd_toast_on_connection_error_summary">Toast shown if ReturnYouTubeDislike API is not available.</string>
+    <string name="revanced_ryd_toast_on_connection_error_title">Show a toast if API not available</string>
     <string name="revanced_ryd_video_likes_hidden_by_video_owner">Hidden</string>
     <string name="revanced_sanitize_sharing_links_summary">Removes tracking query parameters from the URLs when sharing links.</string>
     <string name="revanced_sanitize_sharing_links_title">Sanitize sharing links</string>