diff --git a/src/messenger/webim/operator/translate.php b/src/messenger/webim/operator/translate.php
index a88e3854..250ad392 100644
--- a/src/messenger/webim/operator/translate.php
+++ b/src/messenger/webim/operator/translate.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ function save_message($locale, $key, $value)
 	$current_encoding = $mibew_encoding;
 	$fp = fopen(dirname(__FILE__) . "/../locales/$locale/properties", "r");
 	if ($fp === FALSE) {
-		die "unable to open properties for locale $locale";
+		die("unable to open properties for locale $locale");
 	}
 	while (!feof($fp)) {
 		$line = fgets($fp, 4096);