diff --git a/bin/bsauto b/bin/bsauto
index 99f445918ecfab7b85a55c47c4eeccee51b0b450..a66921eea82a3992f1e5883811dc23cdf532e409 100755
--- a/bin/bsauto
+++ b/bin/bsauto
@@ -173,12 +173,10 @@ function do_check_holidays {
   if [ $YEAR -ne `/bin/date +%Y` ]; then
     HOLIDAY_MESSAGE="The holiday schedule appears to have not yet been been updated yet for `/bin/date +%Y`. Please update the CERN holidays in the \$HOLIDAY and \$YEAR variables of the bsauto script.\n\nHappy new year!"
     if [ ! -z $NOMAD_ALLOC_ID ]; then
-      WARNING="******************************\n*** Manual action required ***\n******************************\n\n"
-      do_admin_email "C7X: Holiday schedule error: automation stopped" "$WARNING$HOLIDAY_MESSAGE"
+      do_admin_email "C7X: Holiday schedule update required" "$HOLIDAY_MESSAGE"
     else
       echo $HOLIDAY_MESSAGE
     fi
-    exit 1
   fi
 
   # Check if it's Christmas (16th Dec - 6th Jan)