diff --git a/www/templates/local-footer.tpl.php b/www/templates/local-footer.tpl.php
index 476b90d8a01099fad39864e54d5a07db081f96a1..d85fa26704340ab1f64d603101039170a6476d0d 100644
--- a/www/templates/local-footer.tpl.php
+++ b/www/templates/local-footer.tpl.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         <div class="wdn-footer-module">
             <span role="heading" class="wdn-footer-heading">About UNL Search</span>
             <?php
-            if ($file = file_get_contents(UNL_Search::getProjectRoot() . '/tmp/iim-app-footer.html')) {
+            if ($file = @file_get_contents(UNL_Search::getProjectRoot() . '/tmp/iim-app-footer.html')) {
                 echo $file;
             } else {
                 echo file_get_contents('http://iim.unl.edu/iim-app-footer?format=partial');