diff --git a/src/ngircd/irc-server.c b/src/ngircd/irc-server.c
index a8b82c96..8fc575f3 100644
--- a/src/ngircd/irc-server.c
+++ b/src/ngircd/irc-server.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ IRC_SERVER( CLIENT *Client, REQUEST *Req )
 		if (strchr(Client_Flags(Client), 'Z')
 		    && !Zip_InitConn(Client_Conn(Client))) {
 			Conn_Close(Client_Conn(Client),
-				   "Can't inizialize compression (zlib)!",
+				   "Can't initialize compression (zlib)!",
 				   NULL, false );
 			return DISCONNECTED;
 		}