diff --git a/lib/global-state/source/update.php b/lib/global-state/source/update.php
index 3698d96..002c8be 100755
--- a/lib/global-state/source/update.php
+++ b/lib/global-state/source/update.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 		$f_gstate = preg_replace('@\s+$@', '', $f_gstate);
 
 		/* (4) Extract in array */
-		$gstate = explode('', $f_gstate);
+		$gstate = str_split($f_gstate);