diff --git a/mail/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/mail/smime/examples/ValidateSignedMail.java b/mail/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/mail/smime/examples/ValidateSignedMail.java
index 9d1238c81a..79b4b80f2c 100644
--- a/mail/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/mail/smime/examples/ValidateSignedMail.java
+++ b/mail/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/mail/smime/examples/ValidateSignedMail.java
@@ -148,12 +148,14 @@ public static void verifySignedMail(MimeMessage msg, PKIXParameters param)
             {
                 ErrorBundle errMsg = new ErrorBundle(RESOURCE_NAME,
                         "SignedMailValidator.sigValid");
+                errMsg.setClassLoader(SignedMailValidator.class.getClassLoader());
                 System.out.println(errMsg.getText(loc));
             }
             else
             {
                 ErrorBundle errMsg = new ErrorBundle(RESOURCE_NAME,
                         "SignedMailValidator.sigInvalid");
+                errMsg.setClassLoader(SignedMailValidator.class.getClassLoader());
                 System.out.println(errMsg.getText(loc));
                 // print errors
                 System.out.println("Errors:");