diff --git a/src/espeak-ng.c b/src/espeak-ng.c
index 50c7e022..f60ecde1 100644
--- a/src/espeak-ng.c
+++ b/src/espeak-ng.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2006 to 2013 by Jonathan Duddington
  * email: jonsd@users.sourceforge.net
- * Copyright (C) 2015 Reece H. Dunn
+ * Copyright (C) 2015-2016 Reece H. Dunn
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -590,10 +590,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	espeak_ng_InitializePath(data_path);
 	espeak_ng_STATUS result = espeak_ng_Initialize();
 	if (result != ENS_OK) {
-		if (result == ENE_READ_ERROR)
-			fprintf(stderr, "Failed to load espeak-data\n");
-		else
+		if (result == ENE_VERSION_MISMATCH)
 			fprintf(stderr, "Wrong version of espeak-data\n");
+		else
+			fprintf(stderr, "Failed to load espeak-data\n");
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/speak_lib.c b/src/libespeak-ng/speak_lib.c
index 0bfa482e..41783895 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/speak_lib.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/speak_lib.c
@@ -635,12 +635,13 @@ ESPEAK_API int espeak_Initialize(espeak_AUDIO_OUTPUT output_type, int buf_length
 	espeak_ng_InitializePath(path);
 	espeak_ng_STATUS result = espeak_ng_Initialize();
 	if (result != ENS_OK) {
-		if (result == ENE_READ_ERROR) {
+		if (result == ENE_VERSION_MISMATCH)
+			fprintf(stderr, "Wrong version of espeak-data (expected 0x%x) at %s\n", version_phdata, path_home);
+		else {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Failed to load espeak-data\n");
 			if ((options & espeakINITIALIZE_DONT_EXIT) == 0)
 				exit(1);
-		} else
-			fprintf(stderr, "Wrong version of espeak-data (expected 0x%x) at %s\n", version_phdata, path_home);
+		}
 	}
 
 	switch (output_type)
diff --git a/src/speak-ng.c b/src/speak-ng.c
index 6531692a..6070f26d 100644
--- a/src/speak-ng.c
+++ b/src/speak-ng.c
@@ -577,10 +577,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	espeak_ng_InitializePath(data_path);
 	espeak_ng_STATUS result = espeak_ng_Initialize();
 	if (result != ENS_OK) {
-		if (result == ENE_READ_ERROR)
-			fprintf(stderr, "Failed to load espeak-data\n");
-		else
+		if (result == ENE_VERSION_MISMATCH)
 			fprintf(stderr, "Wrong version of espeak-data (expected 0x%x) at %s\n", version_phdata, path_home);
+		else
+			fprintf(stderr, "Failed to load espeak-data\n");
 		exit(1);
 	}