diff --git a/conf/LocalSettings.php b/conf/LocalSettings.php
index 11b4d0c..8dccbba 100644
--- a/conf/LocalSettings.php
+++ b/conf/LocalSettings.php
@@ -181,5 +181,5 @@ $LDAPProviderDomainConfigProvider = function() {
 
   return new \MediaWiki\Extension\LDAPProvider\DomainConfigProvider\InlinePHPArray( $config );
 };
-
-$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = __CREATE_ACCOUNT__;
+$createaccount = __CREATE_ACCOUNT__
+$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = $createaccount;