diff --git a/public_html/lists/admin/index.php b/public_html/lists/admin/index.php
index c747423e7..b5d2e3b51 100644
--- a/public_html/lists/admin/index.php
+++ b/public_html/lists/admin/index.php
@@ -558,6 +558,12 @@ function mb_strtolower($string)
             Info( s('Running DEV version, but developer email is not set') );
         }
     }
+    if (defined('RELEASEDATE') && ((time() - RELEASEDATE) / 31536000) > 2) {
+        Info(s('Your phpList version is older than two years. Please %supgrade phpList</a> before continuing.</br>
+            Visit <a href="https://www.phplist.org/users/" title="'.s('Get some help').'">the support site</a> if you need some help.'
+            ,'<a href="https://www.phplist.com/download?utm_source=pl'.VERSION.'&amp;utm_medium=outdated-download-forced&amp;utm_campaign=phpList" title="'.s('Download the latest version').'" target="_blank">'));
+    }
+
     if (TEST) {
         echo Info($GLOBALS['I18N']->get('Running in testmode, no emails will be sent. Check your config file.'));
     }
@@ -585,12 +591,6 @@ function mb_strtolower($string)
     if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.3.3', '<') && WARN_ABOUT_PHP_SETTINGS) {
         Error(s('Your PHP version is out of date. phpList requires PHP version 5.3.3 or higher.'));
     }
-    if (defined('RELEASEDATE') && ((time() - RELEASEDATE) / 31536000) > 2) {
-        Fatal_Error(s('Your phpList version is older than two years. Please %supgrade phpList</a> before continuing.</br>
-            Visit <a href="https://www.phplist.org/users/" title="'.s('Get some help').'">the support site</a> if you need some help.'
-            ,'<a href="https://www.phplist.com/download?utm_source=pl'.VERSION.'&amp;utm_medium=outdated-download-forced&amp;utm_campaign=phpList" title="'.s('Download the latest version').'" target="_blank">'));
-        return;
-    }
 
     if (defined('ENABLE_RSS') && ENABLE_RSS && !function_exists('xml_parse') && WARN_ABOUT_PHP_SETTINGS) {
         Warn($GLOBALS['I18N']->get('You are trying to use RSS, but XML is not included in your PHP'));