diff --git a/application/controllers/admin/remotecontrol.php b/application/controllers/admin/remotecontrol.php
index bba4c7f4422..81176e5c054 100644
--- a/application/controllers/admin/remotecontrol.php
+++ b/application/controllers/admin/remotecontrol.php
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ public function test()
             Yii::app()->loadLibrary('jsonRPCClient');
             $client = new jsonRPCClient($serverUrl);
         }
+        else die('RPC interface not activated in global settings');
+        
 
         $sSessionKey= $client->call('get_session_key', array('admin','password'));
         if (is_array($sSessionKey)) {echo $sSessionKey['status']; die();}
@@ -160,4 +162,4 @@ public function test()
     }
 
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}