diff --git a/src/StaticModel.cc b/src/StaticModel.cc
index 13e6bcb6445bc3b9d4928b18c45b97ca87af2ee2..33973cf95bffa6c597166cd2c46bb3b6247e7e5d 100644
--- a/src/StaticModel.cc
+++ b/src/StaticModel.cc
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ StaticModel::StaticModel(const DynamicModel &m) :
       }
     catch (DataTree::DivisionByZeroException)
       {
-        cerr << "...division by zero error encountred when converting equation " << i << " to static" << endl;
+        cerr << "...division by zero error encountered when converting equation " << i << " to static" << endl;
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
       }