diff --git a/src/curl.cpp b/src/curl.cpp
index c224f7b..d1d57d8 100644
--- a/src/curl.cpp
+++ b/src/curl.cpp
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ bool S3fsCurl::InitMimeType(const std::string& strFile)
       }
     }
     if(MimeFile.empty()){
-      S3FS_PRN_ERR("Could not find miime.types files, you have to create file(%s) or specify mime option for existing mime.types file.", errPaths.c_str());
+      S3FS_PRN_WARN("Could not find mime.types files, you have to create file(%s) or specify mime option for existing mime.types file.", errPaths.c_str());
       return false;
     }
   }
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ bool S3fsCurl::InitMimeType(const std::string& strFile)
     }
     S3FS_PRN_INIT_INFO("Loaded mime information from %s", MimeFile.c_str());
   }else{
-    S3FS_PRN_ERR("Could not load mime types from %s, please check the existence and permissions of this file.", MimeFile.c_str());
+    S3FS_PRN_WARN("Could not load mime types from %s, please check the existence and permissions of this file.", MimeFile.c_str());
     return false;
   }
   return true;
diff --git a/src/s3fs.cpp b/src/s3fs.cpp
index 1349717..0a0eee6 100644
--- a/src/s3fs.cpp
+++ b/src/s3fs.cpp
@@ -5241,10 +5241,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 
   // init mime types for curl
   if(!S3fsCurl::InitMimeType(mimetype_file)){
-    S3FS_PRN_EXIT("Could not load mime types for curl library.");
-    S3fsCurl::DestroyS3fsCurl();
-    s3fs_destroy_global_ssl();
-    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    S3FS_PRN_WARN("Missing MIME types prevents setting Content-Type on uploaded objects.");
   }
 
   // [NOTE]