diff --git a/bacula-backup/bacula-backup-lib.pl b/bacula-backup/bacula-backup-lib.pl
index c6efee2f8..bde33eeb3 100644
--- a/bacula-backup/bacula-backup-lib.pl
+++ b/bacula-backup/bacula-backup-lib.pl
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ $sd_conf_file = "$config{'bacula_dir'}/bacula-sd.conf";
 $bconsole_conf_file = "$config{'bacula_dir'}/bconsole.conf";
 $console_conf_file = "$config{'bacula_dir'}/console.conf";
 $console_cmd = -r "$config{'bacula_dir'}/bconsole" ?
-		"$config{'bacula_dir'}/bconsole" 
+		"$config{'bacula_dir'}/bconsole" :
 	       -r "$config{'bacula_dir'}/console" ?
 		"$config{'bacula_dir'}/console" :
 	       &has_command("bconsole");
diff --git a/bacula-backup/index.cgi b/bacula-backup/index.cgi
index 56dceb390..e5a957db2 100755
--- a/bacula-backup/index.cgi
+++ b/bacula-backup/index.cgi
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ if (&has_bacula_dir()) {
 	# Test DB connection
 	eval { $dbh = &connect_to_database(); };
 	if ($@) {
-		&ui_print_header(undef, $module_info{'desc'}, "", "intro", 1, 1, 0,
-				 $hsl);
-		print &ui_config_link('index_edb', [ $@, undef ]),"<p>\n";
+		$err = $@;
+		&ui_print_header(undef, $module_info{'desc'}, "", "intro",
+				 1, 1, 0, $hsl);
+		print &ui_config_link('index_edb', [ $err, undef ]),"<p>\n";
 		&ui_print_footer("/", $text{'index'});
 		exit;
 		}