diff --git a/php/cl_contactform_output.php b/php/cl_contactform_output.php
index 2c66068..1283fb2 100644
--- a/php/cl_contactform_output.php
+++ b/php/cl_contactform_output.php
@@ -8,10 +8,16 @@
  * modified and adapted to Contenido 4.8 under PHP 5.x by Murat Purc (2013-08-24)
  */
 
+use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;
+
 $sFrontEndPath = cRegistry::getClientConfig(cRegistry::getClientId())['path']['frontend'] . 'securimage' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
-require_once $sFrontEndPath . 'securimage.php';
-require_once $sFrontEndPath . 'CaptchaObject.php';
-require_once $sFrontEndPath . 'StorageAdapter/AdapterInterface.php';
+$captchaInstalled = false;
+if (is_readable($sFrontEndPath)) {
+    require_once $sFrontEndPath . 'securimage.php';
+    require_once $sFrontEndPath . 'CaptchaObject.php';
+    require_once $sFrontEndPath . 'StorageAdapter/AdapterInterface.php';
+    $captchaInstalled = true;
+}
 
 class w3form
 {
@@ -19,10 +25,10 @@ class w3form
     private array $email = ['adresses' => '', 'from' => ['name' => '', 'email' => ''], 'message' => '', 'subject' => ''];
     private array $unraveled = [];
     private array $form = ['form' => '', 'answer' => '', 'colorError' => ''];
-    private array $formField = [];
 
-    public function __construct()
+    public function __construct(private bool $captchaInstalled)
     {
+
     }
 
     private function sendEmail(): bool
@@ -191,31 +197,33 @@ class w3form
 
         switch ($attribute['type']) {
             case 'captcha':
-                if ($sent) {
-                    $captcha = @$_POST['ct_captcha'];
-                    $capId = @$_POST['captcha_id'];
-                    $securimage = new Securimage();
+                if ($this->captchaInstalled) {
+                    if ($sent) {
+                        $captcha = @$_POST['ct_captcha'];
+                        $capId = @$_POST['captcha_id'];
+                        $securimage = new Securimage();
 
-                    if (!$securimage->check($captcha)) {
-                        echo '<style>'
-                            . '#captcha_code {background-color: ' . $this->form['colorError'] . '}'
-                            . '</style>';
+                        if (!$securimage->check($captcha)) {
+                            echo '<style>'
+                                . '#captcha_code {background-color: ' . $this->form['colorError'] . '}'
+                                . '</style>';
+                        }
                     }
-                }
-                // show captcha HTML using Securimage::getCaptchaHtml()
-                $options = [];
-                $options['input_name'] = 'ct_captcha'; // change name of input element for form post input_text
-                $options['input_text'] = mi18n("Zeichen eingeben");
-                $options['input_required'] = false;
+                    // show captcha HTML using Securimage::getCaptchaHtml()
+                    $options = [];
+                    $options['input_name'] = 'ct_captcha'; // change name of input element for form post input_text
+                    $options['input_text'] = mi18n("Zeichen eingeben");
+                    $options['input_required'] = false;
 
-                if (!empty($_SESSION['ctform']['captcha_error'])) {
-                    // error html to show in captcha output
-                    $options['error_html'] = $_SESSION['ctform']['captcha_error'];
-                }
+                    if (!empty($_SESSION['ctform']['captcha_error'])) {
+                        // error html to show in captcha output
+                        $options['error_html'] = $_SESSION['ctform']['captcha_error'];
+                    }
 
-                echo "<div id='captcha_container_1'>\n";
-                echo Securimage::getCaptchaHtml($options);
-                echo "\n</div>\n";
+                    echo "<div id='captcha_container_1'>\n";
+                    echo Securimage::getCaptchaHtml($options);
+                    echo "\n</div>\n";
+                }
                 break;
             case 'text':
                 echo "<input type=\"text\" $parameter value=\"$value\" $style />";
@@ -296,8 +304,22 @@ class w3form
         $form = $this->form['form'];
         $fields = $this->formInterpretation($form);
         foreach ($fields as $field) {
-            if (!$this->formFieldCorrect($field)) {
-                return false;
+            switch ($field['type']) {
+                case 'captcha':
+                    if ($this->captchaInstalled) {
+                        $captcha = @$_POST['ct_captcha'];
+                        $capId = @$_POST['captcha_id'];
+                        $securimage = new Securimage();
+                        if (!$securimage->check($captcha, $capId, true)) {
+                            echo '<div style="color: red;">' . mi18n("Ihr Captcha Code war nicht korrekt. Bitte versuchen Sie es erneut.") . '</div>';
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    if (!$this->formFieldCorrect($field)) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
             }
         }
         return true;
@@ -405,16 +427,7 @@ class w3form
         if (!isset($_POST['sent'])) {
             $this->formOutput();
         } elseif ($this->formComplete()) {
-            // check captcha
-            $captcha = @$_POST['ct_captcha'];
-            $capId = @$_POST['captcha_id'];
-            $securimage = new Securimage();
-            if (!$securimage->check($captcha, $capId, true)) {
-                echo '<div style="color: red;">' . mi18n("Ihr Captcha Code war nicht korrekt. Bitte versuchen Sie es erneut.") . '</div>';
-                $this->formOutput(true);
-            } else {
-                $this->success();
-            }
+            $this->success();
         } else {
             $this->formOutput(true);
         }
@@ -429,7 +442,7 @@ if (isset($edit) && $edit) {
     echo "<p>" . mi18n("Hier ist die Ausgabe einzugeben, die erscheint, wenn das Formular erfolgreich prozessiert worden ist:") . "</p>";
     echo "CMS_HTML[1]";
 } else {
-    $form = new w3form();
+    $form = new w3form($captchaInstalled);
     $form->addEmailAdress("CMS_VALUE[0]");
     $form->setEmailSubject("CMS_VALUE[1]");
     $form->setEmailFrom("CMS_VALUE[2]", "CMS_VALUE[3]");
diff --git a/xml/CL_Contactform_package.xml b/xml/CL_Contactform_package.xml
index 59a953e..3032753 100644
--- a/xml/CL_Contactform_package.xml
+++ b/xml/CL_Contactform_package.xml
@@ -57,10 +57,16 @@ $oCfgTable-&gt;render(true);
  * modified and adapted to Contenido 4.8 under PHP 5.x by Murat Purc (2013-08-24)
  */
 
+use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;
+
 $sFrontEndPath = cRegistry::getClientConfig(cRegistry::getClientId())[&#039;path&#039;][&#039;frontend&#039;] . &#039;securimage&#039; . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
-require_once $sFrontEndPath . &#039;securimage.php&#039;;
-require_once $sFrontEndPath . &#039;CaptchaObject.php&#039;;
-require_once $sFrontEndPath . &#039;StorageAdapter/AdapterInterface.php&#039;;
+$captchaInstalled = false;
+if (is_readable($sFrontEndPath)) {
+    require_once $sFrontEndPath . &#039;securimage.php&#039;;
+    require_once $sFrontEndPath . &#039;CaptchaObject.php&#039;;
+    require_once $sFrontEndPath . &#039;StorageAdapter/AdapterInterface.php&#039;;
+    $captchaInstalled = true;
+}
 
 class w3form
 {
@@ -68,10 +74,10 @@ class w3form
     private array $email = [&#039;adresses&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;, &#039;from&#039; =&gt; [&#039;name&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;, &#039;email&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;], &#039;message&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;, &#039;subject&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;];
     private array $unraveled = [];
     private array $form = [&#039;form&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;, &#039;answer&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;, &#039;colorError&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;];
-    private array $formField = [];
 
-    public function __construct()
+    public function __construct(private bool $captchaInstalled)
     {
+
     }
 
     private function sendEmail(): bool
@@ -240,31 +246,33 @@ class w3form
 
         switch ($attribute[&#039;type&#039;]) {
             case &#039;captcha&#039;:
-                if ($sent) {
-                    $captcha = @$_POST[&#039;ct_captcha&#039;];
-                    $capId = @$_POST[&#039;captcha_id&#039;];
-                    $securimage = new Securimage();
+                if ($this-&gt;captchaInstalled) {
+                    if ($sent) {
+                        $captcha = @$_POST[&#039;ct_captcha&#039;];
+                        $capId = @$_POST[&#039;captcha_id&#039;];
+                        $securimage = new Securimage();
 
-                    if (!$securimage-&gt;check($captcha)) {
-                        echo &#039;&lt;style&gt;&#039;
-                            . &#039;#captcha_code {background-color: &#039; . $this-&gt;form[&#039;colorError&#039;] . &#039;}&#039;
-                            . &#039;&lt;/style&gt;&#039;;
+                        if (!$securimage-&gt;check($captcha)) {
+                            echo &#039;&lt;style&gt;&#039;
+                                . &#039;#captcha_code {background-color: &#039; . $this-&gt;form[&#039;colorError&#039;] . &#039;}&#039;
+                                . &#039;&lt;/style&gt;&#039;;
+                        }
                     }
-                }
-                // show captcha HTML using Securimage::getCaptchaHtml()
-                $options = [];
-                $options[&#039;input_name&#039;] = &#039;ct_captcha&#039;; // change name of input element for form post input_text
-                $options[&#039;input_text&#039;] = mi18n(&quot;Zeichen eingeben&quot;);
-                $options[&#039;input_required&#039;] = false;
+                    // show captcha HTML using Securimage::getCaptchaHtml()
+                    $options = [];
+                    $options[&#039;input_name&#039;] = &#039;ct_captcha&#039;; // change name of input element for form post input_text
+                    $options[&#039;input_text&#039;] = mi18n(&quot;Zeichen eingeben&quot;);
+                    $options[&#039;input_required&#039;] = false;
 
-                if (!empty($_SESSION[&#039;ctform&#039;][&#039;captcha_error&#039;])) {
-                    // error html to show in captcha output
-                    $options[&#039;error_html&#039;] = $_SESSION[&#039;ctform&#039;][&#039;captcha_error&#039;];
-                }
+                    if (!empty($_SESSION[&#039;ctform&#039;][&#039;captcha_error&#039;])) {
+                        // error html to show in captcha output
+                        $options[&#039;error_html&#039;] = $_SESSION[&#039;ctform&#039;][&#039;captcha_error&#039;];
+                    }
 
-                echo &quot;&lt;div id=&#039;captcha_container_1&#039;&gt;\n&quot;;
-                echo Securimage::getCaptchaHtml($options);
-                echo &quot;\n&lt;/div&gt;\n&quot;;
+                    echo &quot;&lt;div id=&#039;captcha_container_1&#039;&gt;\n&quot;;
+                    echo Securimage::getCaptchaHtml($options);
+                    echo &quot;\n&lt;/div&gt;\n&quot;;
+                }
                 break;
             case &#039;text&#039;:
                 echo &quot;&lt;input type=\&quot;text\&quot; $parameter value=\&quot;$value\&quot; $style /&gt;&quot;;
@@ -345,8 +353,22 @@ class w3form
         $form = $this-&gt;form[&#039;form&#039;];
         $fields = $this-&gt;formInterpretation($form);
         foreach ($fields as $field) {
-            if (!$this-&gt;formFieldCorrect($field)) {
-                return false;
+            switch ($field[&#039;type&#039;]) {
+                case &#039;captcha&#039;:
+                    if ($this-&gt;captchaInstalled) {
+                        $captcha = @$_POST[&#039;ct_captcha&#039;];
+                        $capId = @$_POST[&#039;captcha_id&#039;];
+                        $securimage = new Securimage();
+                        if (!$securimage-&gt;check($captcha, $capId, true)) {
+                            echo &#039;&lt;div style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&#039; . mi18n(&quot;Ihr Captcha Code war nicht korrekt. Bitte versuchen Sie es erneut.&quot;) . &#039;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;;
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    if (!$this-&gt;formFieldCorrect($field)) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
             }
         }
         return true;
@@ -454,16 +476,7 @@ class w3form
         if (!isset($_POST[&#039;sent&#039;])) {
             $this-&gt;formOutput();
         } elseif ($this-&gt;formComplete()) {
-            // check captcha
-            $captcha = @$_POST[&#039;ct_captcha&#039;];
-            $capId = @$_POST[&#039;captcha_id&#039;];
-            $securimage = new Securimage();
-            if (!$securimage-&gt;check($captcha, $capId, true)) {
-                echo &#039;&lt;div style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&#039; . mi18n(&quot;Ihr Captcha Code war nicht korrekt. Bitte versuchen Sie es erneut.&quot;) . &#039;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;;
-                $this-&gt;formOutput(true);
-            } else {
-                $this-&gt;success();
-            }
+            $this-&gt;success();
         } else {
             $this-&gt;formOutput(true);
         }
@@ -478,7 +491,7 @@ if (isset($edit) &amp;&amp; $edit) {
     echo &quot;&lt;p&gt;&quot; . mi18n(&quot;Hier ist die Ausgabe einzugeben, die erscheint, wenn das Formular erfolgreich prozessiert worden ist:&quot;) . &quot;&lt;/p&gt;&quot;;
     echo &quot;CMS_HTML[1]&quot;;
 } else {
-    $form = new w3form();
+    $form = new w3form($captchaInstalled);
     $form-&gt;addEmailAdress(&quot;CMS_VALUE[0]&quot;);
     $form-&gt;setEmailSubject(&quot;CMS_VALUE[1]&quot;);
     $form-&gt;setEmailFrom(&quot;CMS_VALUE[2]&quot;, &quot;CMS_VALUE[3]&quot;);