diff --git a/ATxCommon/Serializables/ServiceStatus.cs b/ATxCommon/Serializables/ServiceStatus.cs
index fd015927d2eadf30457098307a7628274326f73a..0d43860be4eeb14d8883fa0a6784fa471a43d64e 100644
--- a/ATxCommon/Serializables/ServiceStatus.cs
+++ b/ATxCommon/Serializables/ServiceStatus.cs
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ namespace ATxCommon.Serializables
             catch (Exception) {
                 // if reading the status XML fails, we return an empty (new) one
                 status = new ServiceStatus();
-                Log.Warn("Deserializing [{0}] failed, creating new status using defauls.", file);
+                Log.Warn("Deserializing [{0}] failed, creating new status using defaults.", file);
             }
             status._config = config;
             ValidateStatus(status);