diff --git a/soap/customerportal.php b/soap/customerportal.php
index 45e04fbd9d27bae46b7a3db3eb25de703c6b477f..ee78848bf88f142617109b1a3923d0b6c29f47e3 100755
--- a/soap/customerportal.php
+++ b/soap/customerportal.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ $user = new Users();
 $current_user = $user->retrieveCurrentUserInfoFromFile($userid);
 
 
-$log = &LoggerManager::getLogger('customerportal');
+$log = LoggerManager::getLogger('customerportal');
 
 error_reporting(0);