diff --git a/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf/98phplist b/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf/98phplist
index 945cb37..92aed72 100644
--- a/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf/98phplist
+++ b/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf/98phplist
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ my $users  = join(' ', @users);
 
 my $allow = ( $access eq 'public' ) ? 'all' : "$localAccess $externalSSLAccess";
 $alias = ($alias ne 'enabled') ? '' : 'Alias /phplist /usr/share/phplist/www/';
-my $auth = ( $auth eq 'http' ) ? '' : 'AuthName "phplist"' . "\n" .
+$auth = ( $auth eq 'http' ) ? '' : 'AuthName "phplist"' . "\n" .
                                               "    AuthType Basic\n" .
                                               "    AuthExternal pwauth\n" .
                                               "    require user $users\n";