diff --git a/core/bootstrap.go b/core/bootstrap.go
index e11861ee3..5ff4f8e14 100644
--- a/core/bootstrap.go
+++ b/core/bootstrap.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func Bootstrap(n *IpfsNode, cfg BootstrapConfig) (io.Closer, error) {
 	if len(cfg.BootstrapPeers()) == 0 {
 		// We *need* to bootstrap but we have no bootstrap peers
 		// configured *at all*, inform the user.
-		log.Error("no bootstrap nodes configured: go-ipfs may have difficulty connecting to the network")
+		log.Warning("no bootstrap nodes configured: go-ipfs may have difficulty connecting to the network")
 	}
 
 	// the periodic bootstrap function -- the connection supervisor