diff --git a/ldap_NS.pl b/ldap_NS.pl
index 6533df92c9e48f3280c6c521789bbb56ec11d3e7..2a03f7d1661eaa3e9cc41f01b5df27186cdf9b61 100755
--- a/ldap_NS.pl
+++ b/ldap_NS.pl
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ use Net::LDAP::Constant qw(
 
 use SNET::Magic::MagicHash;
 
+my $stderr = 1;
 my $ldap_snmc;
 
 my $homepage    = '/cgi-bin/auth/ldap_NS.pl';