diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/netother.cgi b/html/cgi-bin/netother.cgi
index fa97ce4e3..e09fe8a9a 100644
--- a/html/cgi-bin/netother.cgi
+++ b/html/cgi-bin/netother.cgi
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ if ( $querry[0] =~ "fwhits"){
 	&Header::openbox('100%', 'center', "Firewall Hits $Lang::tr{'graph'}");
 	&Graphs::makegraphbox("netother.cgi","fwhits","day");
 	&Header::closebox();
+
+	my $output = '';
 	
 	&Header::openbox('100%', 'left', $Lang::tr{'routing table entries'});
 	$output = `/sbin/ip route show`;