diff --git a/setup/index.php b/setup/index.php
index 9ef5df66c5..5ed917d944 100644
--- a/setup/index.php
+++ b/setup/index.php
@@ -36,9 +36,14 @@
       }else{ /* authentication settled. Moving to the database portion. */
         loaddb();
         $db->Halt_On_Error = "no";
-  
-        $db->query("show tables");
-        if ($db->num_rows()){
+
+// Skeeter
+// This is a patch sent in by mdean
+// Disable both of these lines and replaced with the 2 llines following
+//        $db->query("show tables");
+//        if ($db->num_rows()){
+	$tables = $db->table_names();
+	if (is_array($tables) && count($tables) > 0) {
           /* tables exists. checking for post beta version */
           $db->free();
           $db->query("select app_version from applications where app_name='admin'");
@@ -93,4 +98,4 @@
   show_header($header_msg);
   show_steps($stage);
   echo "</body></html>";
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>