diff --git a/views/bootstrap/class.Settings.php b/views/bootstrap/class.Settings.php
index b3cc6978c..f3e31ff1e 100644
--- a/views/bootstrap/class.Settings.php
+++ b/views/bootstrap/class.Settings.php
@@ -256,11 +256,9 @@ class SeedDMS_View_Settings extends SeedDMS_Theme_Style {
   <input type="hidden" name="action" value="saveSettings" />
 	<input type="hidden" id="currenttab" name="currenttab" value="<?php echo $currenttab ? $currenttab : 'site'; ?>" />
 <?php
-if(!is_writeable($settings->_configFilePath)) {
-	print "<div class=\"alert alert-warning\">";
-	echo "<p>".getMLText("settings_notwritable")."</p>";
-	print "</div>";
-}
+		if(!is_writeable($settings->_configFilePath)) {
+			$this->warningMsg(getMLText("settings_notwritable"));
+		}
 ?>
 
   <ul class="nav nav-pills" id="settingstab" role="tablist">