diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 479495c12..c3056e4c5 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ $Source$
       db_details_qbe.php3, Documentation.html, ldi_check.php3, ldi_table.php3,
       tbl_dump.php3, tbl_properties_export.php3, tbl_query_box.php3,
       libraries/charset_conversion.lib.php3: Coding standards.
+    * db_details.php3, read_dump.php3: optimize web-based upload directory
 
 2002-08-21 Michal Cihar  <nijel@users.sourceforge.net>
     * libraries/common.lib.php3: revised to fit coding standards (by Loïc) and
diff --git a/db_details.php3 b/db_details.php3
index b277cb47d..40f4437f9 100755
--- a/db_details.php3
+++ b/db_details.php3
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ echo "\n";
 // web-server upload directory
 // (TODO: display the charset selection, even if is_upload == FALSE)
 
-if ($cfg['UploadDir'] !='' && $handle = opendir($cfg['UploadDir'])) {
+if ($cfg['UploadDir'] != '' && $handle = @opendir($cfg['UploadDir'])) {
     $is_first = 0;
     while ($file = @readdir($handle)) {
         if (is_file($cfg['UploadDir'] . $file)) {