diff --git a/src/rpi-monitor-card.ts b/src/rpi-monitor-card.ts
index 36b2cff..29ce36d 100644
--- a/src/rpi-monitor-card.ts
+++ b/src/rpi-monitor-card.ts
@@ -873,6 +873,7 @@ export class RPiMonitorCard extends LitElement {
//console.log('LDRI retrievedText=[' + retrievedText + ']');
let foundVersions: string[] = [];
if (retrievedText) {
+ foundVersions = []; // silence FALSE! compiler-detect error
const lines: string[] = retrievedText.split('\n');
//console.log('FAR lines=[' + lines + '](' + lines.length + ')');
for (let index: number = 0; index < lines.length; index++) {