diff --git a/e107_admin/admin.php b/e107_admin/admin.php
index 750004744..f1819f9a7 100644
--- a/e107_admin/admin.php
+++ b/e107_admin/admin.php
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
  *
  *
  * $Source: /cvs_backup/e107_0.8/e107_admin/admin.php,v $
- * $Revision: 1.25 $
- * $Date: 2009-11-18 01:04:24 $
+ * $Revision: 1.26 $
+ * $Date: 2010-01-12 16:11:30 $
  * $Author: e107coders $
  */
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ if (count($allowed_types) == 0)
 //echo "Allowed filetypes = ".implode(', ',array_keys($allowed_types)).'<br />';
 // avatar check.
 $public = array(e_UPLOAD, e_UPLOAD.'avatars');
-$exceptions = array(".","..","/","CVS","avatars","Thumbs.db",".htaccess","php.ini",".cvsignore");
+$exceptions = array(".","..","/","CVS","avatars","Thumbs.db",".htaccess","php.ini",".cvsignore",'e107.htaccess');
 
 //TODO use $file-class to grab list and perform this check. 
 foreach ($public as $dir)