diff --git a/change_log.txt b/change_log.txt
index 810628f0..170f475a 100644
--- a/change_log.txt
+++ b/change_log.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+22/09/2010
+- bugfix on default modifier
+
 18/09/2010
 - bugfix untility compileAllConfig() did not create sha1 code for compiled template file names if template_dir was defined with no trailing DS
 - bugfix on templateExists() for extends resource
diff --git a/libs/plugins/modifiercompiler.default.php b/libs/plugins/modifiercompiler.default.php
index addd4aa0..7bfda8b0 100644
--- a/libs/plugins/modifiercompiler.default.php
+++ b/libs/plugins/modifiercompiler.default.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function smarty_modifiercompiler_default ($params, $compiler)
         $params[1] = "''";
     } 
     for ($i = 1, $cnt = count($params); $i < $cnt; $i++) {
-        $output = '(($tmp = ' . $output . ')===null||$tmp===\'\' ? ' . $params[$i] . ' : $tmp)';
+        $output = '(($tmp = @' . $output . ')===null||$tmp===\'\' ? ' . $params[$i] . ' : $tmp)';
     } 
     return $output;
 }