diff --git a/src/main/java/musicplayer/swingui/PlayerGUI.java b/src/main/java/musicplayer/swingui/PlayerGUI.java
index 405984f..4aaa0ac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/musicplayer/swingui/PlayerGUI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/musicplayer/swingui/PlayerGUI.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class PlayerGUI extends JPanel implements PlayerCallbackInterface {
 
     private void showError(StartPlayingException ex) {
         JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "Failed to play " + ex.getSong().toString() + ".\n" +
-                "If file path contains non-ASCII characters, please restart the application with UTF-8 encoding.");
+                "Path may contain invalid characters, or current playback engine does not support this file type.");
     }
 
     /*