diff --git a/bin/libbfa.sh b/bin/libbfa.sh
index 032e2cabc53dae46e9f5b81c9c88c5c57bb37be8..8c5b97ec8b8ee1734ebd3bd421ba40c1a3e2dfc6 100644
--- a/bin/libbfa.sh
+++ b/bin/libbfa.sh
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ function    account
     fi
     if [ -z "$account" ]
     then
-        fatal "No accounts found. Creating a new one (they are free)"
+        echo "No accounts found. Creating a new one (they are free)."
         geth --datadir ${BFANODEDIR} --password /dev/null account new
         if [ -n "$loop_protection" ]
         then