diff --git a/blackboard/blackboard.cpp b/blackboard/blackboard.cpp
index 6e3f8c8..00075bf 100644
--- a/blackboard/blackboard.cpp
+++ b/blackboard/blackboard.cpp
@@ -32,12 +32,15 @@ Ref<Blackboard> Blackboard::top() const {
 	return bb;
 }
 
-Variant Blackboard::get_var(const String &p_name, const Variant &p_default) const {
+Variant Blackboard::get_var(const String &p_name, const Variant &p_default, bool p_complain) const {
 	if (data.has(p_name)) {
 		return data.get(p_name).get_value();
 	} else if (parent.is_valid()) {
 		return parent->get_var(p_name, p_default);
 	} else {
+		if (p_complain) {
+			ERR_PRINT(vformat("Blackboard: Variable \"%s\" not found.", p_name));
+		}
 		return p_default;
 	}
 }
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@ void Blackboard::prefetch_nodepath_vars(Node *p_node) {
 }
 
 void Blackboard::_bind_methods() {
-	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_var", "p_name", "p_default"), &Blackboard::get_var, Variant());
+	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_var", "p_name", "p_default", "p_complain"), &Blackboard::get_var, Variant(), true);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("set_var", "p_name", "p_value"), &Blackboard::set_var);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("has_var", "p_name"), &Blackboard::has_var);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("set_parent_scope", "p_blackboard"), &Blackboard::set_parent);
diff --git a/blackboard/blackboard.h b/blackboard/blackboard.h
index eba492b..ee0987e 100644
--- a/blackboard/blackboard.h
+++ b/blackboard/blackboard.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public:
 
 	Ref<Blackboard> top() const;
 
-	Variant get_var(const String &p_name, const Variant &p_default) const;
+	Variant get_var(const String &p_name, const Variant &p_default, bool p_complain = true) const;
 	void set_var(const String &p_name, const Variant &p_value);
 	bool has_var(const String &p_name) const;
 	void erase_var(const String &p_name);
diff --git a/doc_classes/Blackboard.xml b/doc_classes/Blackboard.xml
index 5d429e0..126e656 100644
--- a/doc_classes/Blackboard.xml
+++ b/doc_classes/Blackboard.xml
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@
 			<return type="Variant" />
 			<param index="0" name="p_name" type="String" />
 			<param index="1" name="p_default" type="Variant" default="null" />
+			<param index="2" name="p_complain" type="bool" default="true" />
 			<description>
-				Returns variable value.
+				Returns variable value or [param p_default] if variable doesn't exist. If [param p_complain] is [code]true[/code], an error will be printed if variable doesn't exist.
 			</description>
 		</method>
 		<method name="has_var" qualifiers="const">