diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/HTML.pm b/lib/WebGUI/HTML.pm
index a05357024..1bbf97572 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/HTML.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/HTML.pm
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ my $text = "";
 my $inside = {};
 
 sub html2text {
-	my $html = shift . " ";
+	my $html = shift() . " ";
 	$text = "";
 	$inside = {};
 	my $tagHandler = sub {