diff --git a/src/ripple/app/main/Application.cpp b/src/ripple/app/main/Application.cpp
index 24bf557b7..c5a1610fa 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/main/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/app/main/Application.cpp
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ void ApplicationImp::setup()
     {
         // Should this message be here, conceptually? In theory this sort
         // of message, if displayed, should be displayed from PeerFinder.
-        if (config_->PEER_PRIVATE && config_->IPS.empty ())
+        if (config_->PEER_PRIVATE && config_->IPS_FIXED.empty ())
             m_journal.warning << "No outbound peer connections will be made";
 
         // VFALCO NOTE the state timer resets the deadlock detector.