diff --git a/src/zapit/src/zapit.cpp b/src/zapit/src/zapit.cpp
index d60b7afad..acb21edb7 100644
--- a/src/zapit/src/zapit.cpp
+++ b/src/zapit/src/zapit.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * zapit - d-box2 linux project
  *
  * (C) 2001, 2002 by Philipp Leusmann <faralla@berlios.de>
- * (C) 2007-2012 Stefan Seyfried
+ * (C) 2007-2013 Stefan Seyfried
  * Copyright (C) 2011 CoolStream International Ltd
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -2266,8 +2266,10 @@ bool CZapit::Start(Z_start_arg *ZapStart_arg)
 	CFEManager::getInstance()->Init();
 	live_fe = CFEManager::getInstance()->getFE(0);
 
+#if 0
 	if (live_fe == NULL) /* no frontend found? */
 		return false;
+#endif
 
 	/* load configuration or set defaults if no configuration file exists */
 	video_mode = ZapStart_arg->video_mode;
@@ -2327,6 +2329,8 @@ bool CZapit::Start(Z_start_arg *ZapStart_arg)
 #endif
 	ca = cCA::GetInstance();
 
+	if (live_fe == NULL) /* no frontend found? */
+		return false;
 	//LoadSettings();
 	//LoadAudioMap();