diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/luadialog.cc b/gtk2_ardour/luadialog.cc
index 5f49b17caf..80fe253f74 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/luadialog.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/luadialog.cc
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ using namespace LuaDialog;
  * Simple Message Dialog
  */
 Message::Message (std::string const& title, std::string const& msg, Message::MessageType mt, Message::ButtonType bt)
-	: _message_dialog (msg, false, to_gtk_mt (mt), to_gtk_bt (bt), true)
+	: _message_dialog (msg, true, to_gtk_mt (mt), to_gtk_bt (bt), true)
 {
 	_message_dialog.set_title (title);
 }