diff --git a/oauthproxy.go b/oauthproxy.go
index a0d4bf7b..1e371e6a 100644
--- a/oauthproxy.go
+++ b/oauthproxy.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func NewOAuthProxy(opts *options.Options, validator func(string) bool) (*OAuthPr
 
 	provider, err := providers.NewProvider(opts.Providers[0])
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error intiailising provider: %v", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error initialising provider: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	pageWriter, err := pagewriter.NewWriter(pagewriter.Opts{