diff --git a/controls_backupToStorage.txt b/controls_backupToStorage.txt
index ff0fa0f..281bf55 100644
--- a/controls_backupToStorage.txt
+++ b/controls_backupToStorage.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-UPD 2023-01-05_20:45:05 7708 FHEM/98_backupToStorage.pm
-UPD 2023-01-05_20:45:17 23354 lib/FHEM/Services/backupToStorage.pm
+UPD 2023-01-05_20:47:20 7708 FHEM/98_backupToStorage.pm
+UPD 2023-01-16_14:39:09 23372 lib/FHEM/Services/backupToStorage.pm
diff --git a/lib/FHEM/Services/backupToStorage.pm b/lib/FHEM/Services/backupToStorage.pm
index 3ced79c..61ea404 100644
--- a/lib/FHEM/Services/backupToStorage.pm
+++ b/lib/FHEM/Services/backupToStorage.pm
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ sub Define {
     my $hash = shift // return;
     my $aArg = shift // return;
 
+    my $version;
+
     return $@ unless ( FHEM::Meta::SetInternals($hash) );
 
     $version = FHEM::Meta::Get( $hash, 'version' );