diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 6bd78b87..d3380a39 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set_time_limit(0);
 
 define ( 'BUILD_ID',               1039   );
-define ( 'FRIENDIKA_VERSION',      '2.10.0909' );
+define ( 'FRIENDIKA_VERSION',      '2.10.0910' );
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.1'  );
 
 define ( 'EOL',                    "<br />\r\n"     );
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index bbd2c81c..01d8eb2a 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ $a = new App;
 /**
  *
  * Load the configuration file which contains our DB credentials.
- * Ignore errors. If the file doesn't exist, we are running in installation mode.
+ * Ignore errors. If the file doesn't exist or is empty, we are running in installation mode.
  *
  */
 
-$install = ((file_exists('.htconfig.php')) ? false : true);
+$install = ((file_exists('.htconfig.php') && filesize('.htconfig.php')) ? false : true);
 
 @include(".htconfig.php");