diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 86f96acb498ee3e642ae36515b76f09da4f14813..0de4b393aff119fe506d14469e4a718f6c3fd425 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 BASE=acymailing_subscribe_buyer
 PLUGINTYPE=vmcustom
-VERSION=1.4
+VERSION=1.4.1
 
 PLUGINFILES=$(BASE).php $(BASE).script.php $(BASE).xml index.html
 
diff --git a/acymailing_subscribe_buyer.php b/acymailing_subscribe_buyer.php
index f87cf12aead675f2ac3b6e0cae8b4d14271d3099..181a32b9300d77712ee0308c3e58a8232693e215 100644
--- a/acymailing_subscribe_buyer.php
+++ b/acymailing_subscribe_buyer.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class plgVmCustomAcyMailing_subscribe_Buyer extends vmCustomPlugin {
 	}
 	/** Creates a new AcyMailing user for the given name/email/uid */
 	function addAcyUser ($name, $email, $uid) {
-		$db = &JFactory::getDBO();
+		$db = JFactory::getDBO();
 		if ($uid>0) {
 			$q = "SELECT `id`, `name`, `email` FROM `#__users` WHERE `id`=".(int)$uid;
 			$db->setQuery($q);
diff --git a/acymailing_subscribe_buyer.xml b/acymailing_subscribe_buyer.xml
index 801299ecc25f104856e0f3de2fcfebbd6e194989..5afeae6885ee66308b6c6a0b57444e4022a5d89a 100644
--- a/acymailing_subscribe_buyer.xml
+++ b/acymailing_subscribe_buyer.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <authorUrl>http://www.open-tools.net/</authorUrl>
     <copyright>Copyright (C) 2013-2014 Reinhold Kainhofer. All rights reserved.</copyright>
     <license>http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html GNU/GPL v3+</license>
-    <version>1.4</version>
+    <version>1.4.1</version>
     <description>VMCUSTOM_ACYBUYER_DESC</description>
     <files>
         <filename plugin="acymailing_subscribe_buyer">acymailing_subscribe_buyer.php</filename>
diff --git a/releases/plg_vmcustom_acymailing_subscribe_buyer_v1.4.1.zip b/releases/plg_vmcustom_acymailing_subscribe_buyer_v1.4.1.zip
new file mode 100644
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