--- loncom/interface/domainprefs.pm	2008/12/17 21:50:29	1.78
+++ loncom/interface/domainprefs.pm	2008/12/17 22:12:53	1.79
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # Handler to set domain-wide configuration settings
 #
-# $Id: domainprefs.pm,v 1.78 2008/12/17 21:50:29 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: domainprefs.pm,v 1.79 2008/12/17 22:12:53 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1317,9 +1317,11 @@ sub print_quotas {
                   '<td class="LC_left_item" colspan="2"><br />';
     foreach my $item (@usertools) {
         my $checked = 'checked="checked" ';
-        if (ref($settings->{$item}) eq 'HASH') {
-            if ($settings->{$item}->{'_LC_adv'} == 0) {
-                $checked = '';
+        if (ref($settings) eq 'HASH') {
+            if (ref($settings->{$item}) eq 'HASH') {
+                if ($settings->{$item}->{'_LC_adv'} == 0) {
+                    $checked = '';
+                }
             }
         }
         $datatable .= '<span class="LC_nobreak"><label>'.