diff --git a/lib/genevalidator/blast.rb b/lib/genevalidator/blast.rb
index a92f1a7b..82b79922 100644
--- a/lib/genevalidator/blast.rb
+++ b/lib/genevalidator/blast.rb
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ def print_blast_info_text(remote)
         if remote
           warn '==> BLAST search and subsequent analysis will be done on a remote'
           warn '    database. Please use a local database for larger analysis.'
-        else 
+        else
           warn '==> Running BLAST. This may take a while.'
         end
         warn '' # a blank line
diff --git a/lib/genevalidator/exceptions.rb b/lib/genevalidator/exceptions.rb
index 92d3514a..d590f999 100644
--- a/lib/genevalidator/exceptions.rb
+++ b/lib/genevalidator/exceptions.rb
@@ -3,15 +3,6 @@ module GeneValidator
   class ClasspathError < RuntimeError
   end
 
-  # Exception raised when the command line type argument
-  # does not corrsepond to the type of the sequences in the fasta file
-  class SequenceTypeError < RuntimeError
-    def to_s
-      "\nSequence Type error: Possible cause include that the blast output" \
-      " was not obtained against a protein database.\n"
-    end
-  end
-
   # Exception raised when an unexisting file is accessed
   class FileNotFoundException < RuntimeError
   end
diff --git a/lib/genevalidator/hsp.rb b/lib/genevalidator/hsp.rb
index 301f5b76..b72792d8 100644
--- a/lib/genevalidator/hsp.rb
+++ b/lib/genevalidator/hsp.rb
@@ -78,12 +78,11 @@ def init_tabular_attribute(hash)
 
     def assert_seq_type(query)
       seq_type = BlastUtils.guess_sequence_type(query)
-      raise SequenceTypeError if seq_type != :protein
-    rescue SequenceTypeError
-      warn '*** A BLAST Hit failed the sequence-type validation (i.e. the BLAST'
-      warn '    hit sequence seems to be a nucleotide sequence).'
-      warn '    Ensure that the BLAST database used is a protein database.'
-      warn '    Ignoring and continuing with analysis.'
+      return if seq_type == :protein
+      warn '*** A BLAST hit looks like a nucleotide sequence. Continuing' \
+           ' with the analysis anyway.'
+      warn '    Make sure that you used a protein database or the analysis' \
+           ' results will be incorrect!'
     end
   end
 end