diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/Blocklist.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/Blocklist.java
index 4543a49a3c023b6626cc92b518234865f1de70c7..5f686c19230f5f0b82bc837e80761b6f723c77f8 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/Blocklist.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/Blocklist.java
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ public class Blocklist {
     private void readBlocklistFile(String file) {
         File BLFile = new File(file);
         if (BLFile == null || (!BLFile.exists()) || BLFile.length() <= 0) {
-            if (_log.shouldLog(Log.ERROR))
-                _log.error("Blocklist file not found: " + file);
+            if (_log.shouldLog(Log.WARN))
+                _log.warn("Blocklist file not found: " + file);
             return;
         }
         long start = _context.clock().now();