diff --git a/e107_core/shortcodes/single/search.sc b/e107_core/shortcodes/single/search.sc
index c433fe6b9..1b992e290 100644
--- a/e107_core/shortcodes/single/search.sc
+++ b/e107_core/shortcodes/single/search.sc
@@ -21,14 +21,21 @@ if (!isset($SEARCH_SHORTCODE))
 	$ref['downloads'] = 3;
 	$ref['pages'] = 4;
 
-	$search_prefs = $sysprefs -> getArray('search_prefs');
+//	$search_prefs = $sysprefs -> getArray('search_prefs');
+	
+	$search_prefs = e107::getConfig('search')->getPref();
 
-    foreach ($search_prefs['plug_handlers'] as $plug_dir => $active) {
-		if (is_readable(e_PLUGIN.$plug_dir."/e_search.php")) {
-			$ref[$plug_dir] = $plug_dir;
+
+	if(is_array($search_prefs['plug_handlers']))  
+	{
+	    foreach ($search_prefs['plug_handlers'] as $plug_dir => $active) 
+	    {
+			if (is_readable(e_PLUGIN.$plug_dir."/e_search.php")) 
+			{
+				$ref[$plug_dir] = $plug_dir;
+			}
 		}
 	}
-
 	if($ref[$parm]!= ''){
         $page = $ref[$parm];
     }elseif($parm='all' && $ref[e_PAGE] != ''){