diff --git a/plugins/other/assp-smtp-connection-statistics b/plugins/other/assp-smtp-connection-statistics
index 82919c27..f0701458 100755
--- a/plugins/other/assp-smtp-connection-statistics
+++ b/plugins/other/assp-smtp-connection-statistics
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ my $agentname = "$pluginname Munin Plugin V$version";				# UA String
 my $url = "http://localhost:55553/";							# (defaults to localhost)
 my $response = 0;													# the server output
 my @content = ();													# the content we're retrive from $response
-my %index 															# for Version 2
+my %index = (		# for Version 2
 		'from'	=> 25,												# <-- index frame from ( a tweak for other ASSP Versions )
 		'to'	=> 38												# <-- index frame to ( "" )
 );