diff --git a/e107_handlers/e107_class.php b/e107_handlers/e107_class.php
index 7136b07fe..cbaccac46 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/e107_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/e107_class.php
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 |     GNU General Public License (http://gnu.org).
 |
 |     $Source: /cvs_backup/e107_0.8/e107_handlers/e107_class.php,v $
-|     $Revision: 1.3 $
-|     $Date: 2007-02-18 02:22:29 $
-|     $Author: e107coders $
+|     $Revision: 1.4 $
+|     $Date: 2007-02-24 18:45:31 $
+|     $Author: e107steved $
 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 */
 
@@ -106,7 +106,14 @@ class e107{
 			define("e_LANGUAGEDIR_ABS", e_HTTP.$LANGUAGES_DIRECTORY);
 
 			define("e_DOCS", e_BASE.$HELP_DIRECTORY);
-			define("e_DOCROOT", $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/");
+			if(isset($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'])) 
+			{ 
+			  define("e_DOCROOT", $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/"); 
+			} 
+			else 
+			{ 
+			  define("e_DOCROOT", false); 
+			}
 			define("e_DOCS_ABS", e_HTTP.$HELP_DIRECTORY);
 
 			if($CACHE_DIRECTORY) {