diff -Nur smeserver-userpanel-0.9.old/root/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/esmith/cgi5.pm smeserver-userpanel-0.9/root/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/esmith/cgi5.pm
--- smeserver-userpanel-0.9.old/root/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/esmith/cgi5.pm	2014-08-22 20:35:35.703544729 +0200
+++ smeserver-userpanel-0.9/root/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/esmith/cgi5.pm	2014-08-22 20:36:39.364635943 +0200
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@
 			   $q->h5 ('Warning: you have not yet changed the default system password.'));
 	}
 
-	my $TelnetAccess = db_get_prop($confref, 'telnet', 'access');
-        my $TelnetMode = db_get_prop($confref, 'telnet', 'status');
+	my $TelnetAccess = db_get_prop($confref, 'telnet', 'access') || '';
+        my $TelnetMode = db_get_prop($confref, 'telnet', 'status') || '';
 	if ($TelnetAccess eq 'public' && $TelnetMode eq 'enabled')
 	{
 	    print $q->div ({-STYLE => 'color: #FF3E00'},