diff --git a/src/main/resources/music/settings/host/values/strings.xml b/src/main/resources/music/settings/host/values/strings.xml
index 452261c07..1eddbabb6 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/music/settings/host/values/strings.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/music/settings/host/values/strings.xml
@@ -204,6 +204,9 @@ WARNING: Do not enable new player backgrounds while this is enabled."</string>
     <string name="sb_enabled">Enable SponsorBlock</string>
     <string name="sb_enabled_sum">SponsorBlock is a crowd-sourced system for skipping annoying parts of YouTube videos.</string>
 
+    <string name="sb_toast_on_connection_error">Show a toast if API is not available</string>
+    <string name="sb_toast_on_connection_error_sum">Toast shown if SponsorBlock API is not available.</string>
+
     <string name="sb_toast_on_skip">Show a toast when skipping automatically</string>
     <string name="sb_toast_on_skip_sum">Toast shown when a segment is automatically skipped.</string>
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/music/sponsorblock/xml/sponsorblock_prefs.xml b/src/main/resources/music/sponsorblock/xml/sponsorblock_prefs.xml
index 80b3abf37..8fd40c6fe 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/music/sponsorblock/xml/sponsorblock_prefs.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/music/sponsorblock/xml/sponsorblock_prefs.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:yt="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
     <com.google.android.apps.youtube.music.ui.preference.SwitchCompatPreference android:title="@string/sb_enabled" android:key="sb_enabled" android:summary="@string/sb_enabled_sum" android:defaultValue="true" />
     <com.google.android.apps.youtube.music.ui.preference.SwitchCompatPreference android:title="@string/sb_toast_on_skip" android:key="sb_toast_on_skip" android:summary="@string/sb_toast_on_skip_sum" android:dependency="sb_enabled" android:defaultValue="true" />
+    <com.google.android.apps.youtube.music.ui.preference.SwitchCompatPreference android:title="@string/sb_toast_on_connection_error" android:key="sb_toast_on_connection_error" android:summary="@string/sb_toast_on_connection_error_sum" android:dependency="sb_enabled" android:defaultValue="true" />
     <Preference android:title="@string/sb_api_url" android:key="sb_api_url" android:summary="@string/sb_api_url_sum" android:dependency="sb_enabled">
         <intent android:targetPackage="com.google.android.apps.youtube.music" android:data="sb_api_url" android:targetClass="com.google.android.libraries.strictmode.penalties.notification.FullStackTraceActivity" />
     </Preference>