diff --git a/validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py b/validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py
index 49990cf96dfa75976bf7633fcac5be97e1ae5663..219ddaa75ea7ad5163e75ec4c4b2faf577adfa46 100644
--- a/validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py
+++ b/validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py
@@ -743,11 +743,11 @@ class GstValidateTestManager(GstValidateBaseTestManager):
 
     def init(self):
         for command, name in [
-                (GstValidateBaseTestManager.TRANSCODING_COMMAND, "gst-validate-1.0"),
-                (GstValidateBaseTestManager.COMMAND, "gst-validate-transcoding-1.0"),
+                (GstValidateBaseTestManager.TRANSCODING_COMMAND, "gst-validate-transcoding-1.0"),
+                (GstValidateBaseTestManager.COMMAND, "gst-validate-1.0"),
                 (GstValidateBaseTestManager.MEDIA_CHECK_COMMAND, "gst-validate-media-check-1.0")]:
             if not command:
-                self.error("%s not found" % command)
+                self.error("command not found: %s" % name)
                 return False
 
         return True