diff --git a/install/tpl/config.inc.php.master b/install/tpl/config.inc.php.master
index 29725f1d12d47bb83ecf67497470466a66f77dab..629e6cc683f612f7e24d2b01258c846f0f7b3ecd 100644
--- a/install/tpl/config.inc.php.master
+++ b/install/tpl/config.inc.php.master
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ if( !empty($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']) ) {
 }
 
 //** Set a few php.ini values
-set_magic_quotes_runtime(0);
+if(get_magic_quotes_runtime()) set_magic_quotes_runtime(false);
 if(isset($app)) unset($app);
 if(isset($conf)) unset($conf);