diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/indexing/IndexBuilder.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/indexing/IndexBuilder.java
index a7b8de8d6..137d660a6 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/indexing/IndexBuilder.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/indexing/IndexBuilder.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class IndexBuilder extends VitroBackgroundThread {
     	if (o instanceof IndexBuilder) {
     		return (IndexBuilder) o;
     	} else {
-    		log.error("IndexBuilder has not bee initialized.");
+    		log.error("IndexBuilder has not been initialized.");
     		return null;
     	}
     }