diff --git a/neurons/validator/validator_proxy.py b/neurons/validator/validator_proxy.py
index 11682658..c55e626f 100644
--- a/neurons/validator/validator_proxy.py
+++ b/neurons/validator/validator_proxy.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def authenticate_token(self, public_key_bytes):
             bt.logging.info("Successfully authenticated token")
             return public_key_bytes
         except Exception as e:
-            print("Exception occured in authenticating token", e, flush=True)
+            print("Exception occurred in authenticating token", e, flush=True)
             print(traceback.print_exc(), flush=True)
             raise HTTPException(
                 status_code=401, detail="Error getting authentication token"