diff --git a/www/tbauth.php3 b/www/tbauth.php3
index 67d6102d15ba19b6541ef2c2a8e8905c5c12f56e..da427dbb97f5419800f7b96bf3cec995b33e39ba 100644
--- a/www/tbauth.php3
+++ b/www/tbauth.php3
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ function GETUID() {
 #
 function CHECKLOGIN($uid) {
     global $TBAUTHCOOKIE, $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS, $TBAUTHTIMEOUT;
-    global $CHECKLOGIN_STATUS, $CHECKLOGIN_UID;
+    global $CHECKLOGIN_STATUS, $CHECKLOGIN_UID, $ADMINMODE;
 
     #
     # If we already figured this out, do not duplicate work!
@@ -238,6 +238,9 @@ function CHECKLOGIN($uid) {
     #
     if ($admin && !$adminoff) {
     	putenv("HTTP_WITH_TB_ADMIN_PRIVS=1");
+	$ADMINMODE=1;
+    } else {
+	$ADMINMODE=0;
     }
 
     return $CHECKLOGIN_STATUS;