diff --git a/web/edit/file/index.php b/web/edit/file/index.php
index 9addd23e4..9071af3a2 100644
--- a/web/edit/file/index.php
+++ b/web/edit/file/index.php
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 <?php
 
 // Preventing CSRF
-$host_arr=explode(":", $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);
-$hostname=$host_arr[0];
-$port = $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'];
-$expected_http_origin="https://".$hostname.":".$port;
-if ($_SERVER['HTTP_ORIGIN'] != $expected_http_origin) {
-    die ("Nope.");
+if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']=='POST') {
+    $host_arr=explode(":", $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);
+    $hostname=$host_arr[0];
+    $port = $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'];
+    $expected_http_origin="https://".$hostname.":".$port;
+    if ($_SERVER['HTTP_ORIGIN'] != $expected_http_origin) {
+        die ("Nope.");
+    }
 }
 
 include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/inc/main.php");