diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_link.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_link.inc.php
index 2d7bc0b7cb..d4063678c3 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_link.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_link.inc.php
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ class egw_link extends solink
 		if ($app == '' || !is_array($reg = self::$app_register[$app]) || !isset($reg['title']))
 		{
 			if (self::DEBUG) echo "<p>".__METHOD__."('$app','$id') something is wrong!!!</p>\n";
-			return array();
+			return false; //array(); // not sure why it should return an array on failure, as the description states boolean/string
 		}
 		$method = $reg['title'];