diff --git a/reports.cgi b/reports.cgi
index 4efaba9de0c34b265a516fba3178980b4149c1dd..e23897c9f3042e7715746e388b84c7d4fa85e89e 100755
--- a/reports.cgi
+++ b/reports.cgi
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ use diagnostics;
 use strict;
 
 eval "use GD";
-my $use_gd = @ ? 0 : 1;
+my $use_gd = $@ ? 0 : 1;
 eval "use Chart::Lines";
 $use_gd = 0 if $@;