diff --git a/server/scripts/ispconfig_update.php b/server/scripts/ispconfig_update.php
index cd301d47b2f2cf1c65e4728b2e5abcc6b47441df..7dd908a2c4e8ad216fc2079c19e66610a2d3fef9 100644
--- a/server/scripts/ispconfig_update.php
+++ b/server/scripts/ispconfig_update.php
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ echo "Please choose the update method. For production systems select 'stable'. \
 $method = simple_query('Select update method', array('stable','svn'), 'stable');
 
 if($method == 'stable') {
-	$new_version = file_get_contents('http://www.ispconfig.org/downloads/ispconfig3_version.txt') or die('Unable to retrieve version file.');
+	$new_version = @file_get_contents('http://www.ispconfig.org/downloads/ispconfig3_version.txt') or die('Unable to retrieve version file.');
 	$new_version = trim($new_version);
 	if($new_version != ISPC_APP_VERSION) {
 		exec('/usr/local/ispconfig/server/scripts/update_from_tgz.sh');