diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/FieldTypes/BaseField.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/FieldTypes/BaseField.php
index 82d876a67..c42c89ce0 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/FieldTypes/BaseField.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/FieldTypes/BaseField.php
@@ -519,6 +519,7 @@ abstract class BaseField
         }
         return $result;
     }
+
     /**
      * return field validators for this field
      * @return array returns validators for this field type (empty if none)
@@ -527,7 +528,7 @@ abstract class BaseField
     {
         $validators = $this->getConstraintValidators();
         if ($this->isEmptyAndRequired()) {
-            $validators[] = new PresenceOf(array('message' => $this->internalValidationMessage));
+            $validators[] = new PresenceOf(['message' => gettext('A value is required.')]);
         }
         return $validators;
     }
@@ -580,7 +581,6 @@ abstract class BaseField
         return $result;
     }
 
-
     /**
      * get nodes as array structure
      * @return array
@@ -608,7 +608,6 @@ abstract class BaseField
         return (string)$this;
     }
 
-
     /**
      * update model with data returning missing repeating tag types.
      * @param $data array structure containing new model content
@@ -642,7 +641,6 @@ abstract class BaseField
         }
     }
 
-
     /**
      * Add this node and its children to the supplied simplexml node pointer.
      * @param SimpleXMLElement $node target node