diff --git a/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js b/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js
index 80fdc036..83c15bbe 100644
--- a/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js
+++ b/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js
@@ -8407,8 +8407,8 @@
 				"type": oSettings.sServerMethod,
 				"error": function (xhr, error, thrown) {
 					if ( error == "parsererror" ) {
-						alert( "DataTables warning: JSON data from server could not be parsed. "+
-							"This is caused by a JSON formatting error." );
+						oSettings.oApi._fnLog( oSettings, 0, "DataTables warning: JSON data from "+
+							"server could not be parsed. This is caused by a JSON formatting error." );
 					}
 				}
 			} );
diff --git a/media/src/model/model.defaults.js b/media/src/model/model.defaults.js
index 6d6d6f49..fe6580c9 100644
--- a/media/src/model/model.defaults.js
+++ b/media/src/model/model.defaults.js
@@ -926,8 +926,8 @@ DataTable.defaults = {
 			"type": oSettings.sServerMethod,
 			"error": function (xhr, error, thrown) {
 				if ( error == "parsererror" ) {
-					alert( "DataTables warning: JSON data from server could not be parsed. "+
-						"This is caused by a JSON formatting error." );
+					oSettings.oApi._fnLog( oSettings, 0, "DataTables warning: JSON data from "+
+						"server could not be parsed. This is caused by a JSON formatting error." );
 				}
 			}
 		} );