diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index dc77f4d710c62ccdc1a1b7a7d2b5859bf061c942..a592b031558dc02182afa2c6c56ce6b1cfbf1eee 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ ErrorDocument 500 /error.php
 <IfModule mod_php4.c>
    php_value register_globals        1
    php_value track_vars              1
+   php_value short_open_tag          1
    php_value magic_quotes_gpc        0
    php_value magic_quotes_runtime    0
    php_value magic_quotes_sybase     0
diff --git a/includes/conf.php b/includes/conf.php
index 96683f6b70846b3ac2ca5544980eac441c214c97..452c80c91538d65458c705581ed62869f2b54c6c 100644
--- a/includes/conf.php
+++ b/includes/conf.php
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@
 #     magic_quotes_runtime            0
 #     magic_quotes_sybase             0
 #     track_vars                      1
+#     short_open_tag                  1
 #     register_globals                1
 
-# Avoid "page has expired" problems when browsing from your cache or 
+# Avoid "page has expired" problems when browsing from your cache or
 # history after having filled out a form:
 // ini_set("session.cache_limiter", "");