diff --git a/src/reload-certs b/src/reload-certs
index 33007382..473e5c61 100644
--- a/src/reload-certs
+++ b/src/reload-certs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ $ssl->cron_new_certs();
 $services=array("postfix","dovecot","proftpd","apache2");
 
 foreach($services as $service) {
-    passthru("service $service status",&$ret);
+    passthru("service $service status",$ret);
     if ($ret!=0) {
         echo "$service not running, restarting\n";
         passthru("service $service restart");