diff --git a/CHANGELOG.TXT b/CHANGELOG.TXT
index 0ea8cc6..50a49e7 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG.TXT
+++ b/CHANGELOG.TXT
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-5.9.187 (2012-09-15)
+5.9.189 (2012-09-18)
+	- Bug item #3568969 "ini_get safe_mode error" was fixed.
+
+5.9.188 (2012-09-15)
 	- A datamatrix barcode bug was fixed.
 
 5.9.187 (2012-09-14)
diff --git a/README.TXT b/README.TXT
index 96c0360..cd528d9 100755
--- a/README.TXT
+++ b/README.TXT
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=128076
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Name: TCPDF
-Version: 5.9.188
-Release date: 2012-09-15
+Version: 5.9.189
+Release date: 2012-09-18
 Author:	Nicola Asuni
 
 Copyright (c) 2002-2012:
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 203cf8a..98bfb68 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "tcpdf/tcpdf",
-	"version": "5.9.188",
+	"version": "5.9.189",
 	"homepage": "http://www.tcpdf.org/",
 	"type": "library",
 	"description": "TCPDF is a PHP class for generating PDF files on-the-fly without requiring external extensions.",
diff --git a/tcpdf.php b/tcpdf.php
index 69ad558..f8562ac 100755
--- a/tcpdf.php
+++ b/tcpdf.php
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?php
 //============================================================+
 // File name   : tcpdf.php
-// Version     : 5.9.188
+// Version     : 5.9.189
 // Begin       : 2002-08-03
-// Last Update : 2012-09-15
+// Last Update : 2012-09-18
 // Author      : Nicola Asuni - Tecnick.com LTD - Manor Coach House, Church Hill, Aldershot, Hants, GU12 4RQ, UK - www.tecnick.com - info@tecnick.com
 // License     : http://www.tecnick.com/pagefiles/tcpdf/LICENSE.TXT GNU-LGPLv3
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
  * Tools to encode your unicode fonts are on fonts/utils directory.</p>
  * @package com.tecnick.tcpdf
  * @author Nicola Asuni
- * @version 5.9.188
+ * @version 5.9.189
  */
 
 // Main configuration file. Define the K_TCPDF_EXTERNAL_CONFIG constant to skip this file.
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/config/tcpdf_config.php');
  * TCPDF project (http://www.tcpdf.org) has been originally derived in 2002 from the Public Domain FPDF class by Olivier Plathey (http://www.fpdf.org), but now is almost entirely rewritten.<br>
  * @package com.tecnick.tcpdf
  * @brief PHP class for generating PDF documents without requiring external extensions.
- * @version 5.9.188
+ * @version 5.9.189
  * @author Nicola Asuni - info@tecnick.com
  */
 class TCPDF {
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class TCPDF {
 	 * Current TCPDF version.
 	 * @private
 	 */
-	private $tcpdf_version = '5.9.188';
+	private $tcpdf_version = '5.9.189';
 
 	// Protected properties
 
@@ -7926,7 +7926,7 @@ class TCPDF {
 					curl_setopt($cs, CURLOPT_BINARYTRANSFER, true);
 					curl_setopt($cs, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, true);
 					curl_setopt($cs, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
-					if ((ini_get('open_basedir') == '') AND (ini_get('safe_mode') == 'Off')) {
+					if ((ini_get('open_basedir') == '') AND (!ini_get('safe_mode'))) {
 						curl_setopt($cs, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
 					}
 					curl_setopt($cs, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 5);