diff --git a/public_html/valuestore/classes/valuestore.class.php b/public_html/valuestore/classes/valuestore.class.php
index 7729d78f599ca484392ef371128426fa46779ef6..8110ba3824b292f61d758d71c6d59e530a441bdc 100644
--- a/public_html/valuestore/classes/valuestore.class.php
+++ b/public_html/valuestore/classes/valuestore.class.php
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class valuestore {
             echo $this->_bDebug ? "removing existing file $this->_dbfile ...<br>\n" : '';
             unlink($this->_dbfile);
         }
-        // after deleting the db file we nee to re instantiate
+        // after deleting the db file we need to re instantiate
         echo $this->_bDebug ? "create database as file $this->_dbfile ...<br>\n" : '';
         $this->_oDB = new PDO("sqlite:" . $this->_dbfile);
         $this->_makeQuery($this->_sCreate);