diff --git a/home.php b/home.php
index dea537e56b..77475cda74 100755
--- a/home.php
+++ b/home.php
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 			$lines = $GLOBALS['phpgw']->network->gethttpsocketfile('http://www.phpgroupware.org/currentversion');
 			for ($i=0; $i<count($lines); $i++)
 			{
-				if (ereg('currentversion',$lines[$i]))
+				if(@ereg('currentversion',$lines[$i]))
 				{
 					$line_found = explode(':',chop($lines[$i]));
 				}