diff --git a/web/download/web-log/index.php b/web/download/web-log/index.php
index e9c63a8d..4bef3528 100644
--- a/web/download/web-log/index.php
+++ b/web/download/web-log/index.php
@@ -26,14 +26,24 @@ if ($_GET['type'] == 'access') $type = 'access';
 if ($_GET['type'] == 'error') $type = 'error';
 
 
-
 $cmd = implode(" ", array(
     escapeshellarg(VESTA_CMD . "v-list-web-domain-" . $type . "log"),
     escapeshellarg($user),
     escapeshellarg($v_domain),
     "5000",
 ));
-passthru($cmd, $return_var);
+
+if(is_callable("passthru")){
+    passthru($cmd, $return_var);
+} else{
+    // passthru is disabled, workaround it by writing the output to a file then reading the file. 
+    // this is slower than passthru, but avoids running out of RAM...
+    $passthru_is_disabled_workaround_handle = tmpfile();
+    $passthru_is_disabled_workaround_file = stream_get_meta_data($passthru_is_disabled_workaround_handle)['uri'];
+    exec ($cmd . " > " . escapeshellarg($passthru_is_disabled_workaround_file), $output, $return_var);
+    readfile($passthru_is_disabled_workaround_file);
+    fclose($passthru_is_disabled_workaround_handle); // fclose(tmpfile()) automatically deletes the file, unlink is not required :)
+}
 if ($return_var != 0) {
     $errstr = "Internal server error: command returned non-zero: {$return_var}: {$cmd}";
     echo $errstr;