diff --git a/SendFtpElabData.pl b/SendFtpElabData.pl
index 9805acf..4a6c016 100755
--- a/SendFtpElabData.pl
+++ b/SendFtpElabData.pl
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ my $ftp_addrs;
 my $ftp_user;
 my $ftp_passwd;
 my $ftp_parm;
-my $ftp_filename;
+my $ftp_filename = '';
 my $ftp_target;
 my $duedate = '';
 my ( $unit, $tool );