diff --git a/validate.php b/validate.php
index 230ab0b393..8204dcf061 100755
--- a/validate.php
+++ b/validate.php
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ else {
 // Test for MySQL Strict mode
 $strict_mode = dbFetchCell("SELECT @@global.sql_mode");
 if(strstr($strict_mode, 'STRICT_TRANS_TABLES')) {
-    print_warn('You have MySQL STRICT_TRANS_TABLES enabled, it is advisable to disable this until full support has been added: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/sql-mode.html');
+    print_fail('You have MySQL STRICT_TRANS_TABLES enabled, please disable this until full support has been added: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/sql-mode.html');
 }
 
 $tz = ini_get('date.timezone');