diff --git a/mqtt2zabbix b/mqtt2zabbix
index 9954e40..d56b728 100755
--- a/mqtt2zabbix
+++ b/mqtt2zabbix
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ use Zabbix::Sender;
 use Getopt::Std;
 use YAML;
 
-my ($cfg, $mqtt, $opts, $zbx);
+my $opts = {};
+my ($cfg, $mqtt, $zbx);
 
 sub usage {
   print "Usage: $0 -c <config> [-h] [-v]\n";