diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 0e523ca..aec2e1e 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <?php
+       // turn  on warnings and notice durin   developement
+        error_reporting(E_ERROR);
 	// Project:    Web Reference Database (refbase) <http://www.refbase.net>
 	// Copyright:  Matthias Steffens <mailto:refbase@extracts.de> and the file's
 	//             original author(s).