diff --git a/fp-plugins/lastentries/plugin.lastentries.php b/fp-plugins/lastentries/plugin.lastentries.php
index 184680a..6a8fae8 100755
--- a/fp-plugins/lastentries/plugin.lastentries.php
+++ b/fp-plugins/lastentries/plugin.lastentries.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function plugin_lastentries_widget() {
 	$fpdb->getQuery
 	*/
 	
-	$q =& new FPDB_Query(array('fullparse'=>false,'start'=>0,'count'=>$num), null);
+	$q = new FPDB_Query(array('fullparse'=>false,'start'=>0,'count'=>$num), null);
 	
 	$string = '<ul>';