diff --git a/update_daemon2.php b/update_daemon2.php
index 9b8a7ad66..1dddf6efd 100755
--- a/update_daemon2.php
+++ b/update_daemon2.php
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@
 	require_once "db.php";
 	require_once "db-prefs.php";
 
-
 	if (!function_exists('pcntl_fork')) {
 		die("error: This script requires PHP compiled with PCNTL module.\n");
 	}
 
+	$options = getopt("");
+
 	if (!is_array($options)) {
 		die("error: getopt() failed. ".
 			"Most probably you are using PHP CGI to run this script ".
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
 			"additional information.\n");
 	}
 
+
 	$master_handlers_installed = false;
 
 	$children = array();