diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
index 0372dfbdc..911bb6f94 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
@@ -1962,7 +1962,7 @@ sub load_kernel_modules( ) {
 
     my @moduledirectories = split /:/, $modulesdir;
 
-    if ( $moduleloader && open_file $config{LOAD_HELPERS_ONLY} ? 'helpers' : 'modules' ) {
+    if ( $moduleloader && open_file( $config{LOAD_HELPERS_ONLY} ? 'helpers' : 'modules' ) ) {
 	my %loadedmodules;
 
 	$loadedmodules{$_}++ for split_list( $config{DONT_LOAD}, 'module' );
diff --git a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
index 202d5e350..19884bc02 100644
--- a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Shorewall 4.4.7 - Beta 2.
+Shorewall 4.4.7 - Beta 3.
 
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                R E L E A S E  4 . 4  H I G H L I G H T S