diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index e1313ac..39fee72 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ function file_put_contents($n, $d)
 	$page = DEFAULT_PAGE;
 
 $filename = PAGES_PATH . "/$page.txt";
+$text = "";
 
 if ( file_exists($filename) )
 {