diff --git a/plugins/php/index.py b/plugins/php/index.py
index 8e3cdb591..0bc48cdb8 100755
--- a/plugins/php/index.py
+++ b/plugins/php/index.py
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ def makePhpIni(version):
         # shutil.copyfile(s_ini, d_ini)
         content = mw.readFile(s_ini)
         if version == '52':
-            content += "auto_prepend_file=/www/server/php/app_start.php"
+            content = content + "auto_prepend_file=/www/server/php/app_start.php"
         mw.writeFile(d_ini, content)