diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index fb12213651..9fc62571e3 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -644,8 +644,7 @@ func setBootstrapNodes(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *p2p.Config) {
 	for _, url := range urls {
 		node, err := discover.ParseNode(url)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Error("Bootstrap URL invalid", "enode", url, "err", err)
-			continue
+			log.Crit("Bootstrap URL invalid", "enode", url, "err", err)
 		}
 		cfg.BootstrapNodes = append(cfg.BootstrapNodes, node)
 	}