diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/servlet/setup/JenaDataSourceSetup.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/servlet/setup/JenaDataSourceSetup.java
index d9ec1fb14..e827b52be 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/servlet/setup/JenaDataSourceSetup.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/servlet/setup/JenaDataSourceSetup.java
@@ -317,6 +317,14 @@ public class JenaDataSourceSetup extends JenaDataSourceSetupBase implements java
                             "\" Namespace from an existing portal: \"" + portalUri + "\" To get the application to start with this " +
                             "database change the default namespace in deploy.properties " + portalUri.substring(0, portalUri.lastIndexOf("/")+1) + 
                             "  Another possibility is that deploy.properties does not specify the intended database.");
+
+                    StartupStatus ss = StartupStatus.getBean(ctx);
+                    ss.warning(this, "Namespace mismatch between db and deploy.properties.");
+                    ss.warning(this, "Vivo will not start up correctly because the default namespace specified in deploy.properties does not match the namespace of " +
+                    		"a portal in the database. Namespace from deploy.properties: \"" + defaultNamespaceFromDeployProperites + 
+                    		"\" Namespace from an existing portal: \"" + portalUri + "\" To get the application to start with this " +
+                    		"database change the default namespace in deploy.properties " + portalUri.substring(0, portalUri.lastIndexOf("/")+1) + 
+                    "  Another possibility is that deploy.properties does not specify the intended database.");
                 }
             }
         }