diff --git a/src/js/main.js b/src/js/main.js
index 89902d6ba07f7b0fa090ab430fcceaa41214e2af..144c26aebeed49b819f0629b41bb758ac0a82988 100644
--- a/src/js/main.js
+++ b/src/js/main.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ App.MainView.errors = function() {
 				App.UI.DOM.passageLink("Backwards Compatibility", "Backwards Compatibility"));
 		}
 	} else {
-		newError().append(App.UI.DOM.makeSpan("INCOMPATIBLE SAVE WARNING:", "major-warning"),
+		newError().append(App.UI.DOM.makeElement("span", "INCOMPATIBLE SAVE WARNING:", "major-warning"),
 			` Your saved game was created using version: ${V.ver}, and you are using a later version which New Game Plus cannot reconcile. Please start a new game.`);
 	}