diff --git a/inc/pageutils.php b/inc/pageutils.php
index dea691381f0dbaa90a63048463511936b6413899..10f8bd35e8d5b5e40ec5f4d9400e8e4595183b29 100644
--- a/inc/pageutils.php
+++ b/inc/pageutils.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ function getID($param='id'){
     $id = urldecode($id);
     $id = cleanID($id);
   }
-  if(empty($id) && $param='id') $id = $conf['start'];
+  if(empty($id) && $param=='id') $id = $conf['start'];
 
   return $id;
 }