diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 5b44fe1b2aa..7c925a87826 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ include_once "includes/common.inc";
 page_header();
 
 eval(variable_get("site_frontpage_extra", "") .";");
-$function = variable_get("site_frontpage", "node") ."_page";
-$function();
+module_invoke(variable_get("site_frontpage", "node"), "page");
 
 page_footer();