diff --git a/src/htdocs/resend_password_processing.php b/src/htdocs/resend_password_processing.php
index 5cc49ee4f..65f78436d 100644
--- a/src/htdocs/resend_password_processing.php
+++ b/src/htdocs/resend_password_processing.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 try {
 	require_once('../bootstrap.php');
 
-	$email = Request::get('email');
+	$email = Request::get('email', ''); // default prevents crawler bug report spam
 	if ($email === '') {
 		create_error('You must specify an e-mail address!');
 	}