diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_customfields.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_customfields.inc.php
index 25ece9a5cc..fb47087f6b 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_customfields.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_customfields.inc.php
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ class etemplate_widget_customfields extends etemplate_widget_transformer
 		{
 			return array(lang("'%1' is no php file in the eGW server root (%2)!".': '.$path,$file,EGW_SERVER_ROOT));
 		}
+		$options = array();
 		include($path);
 
 		return $options;