diff --git a/application/controllers/Sales.php b/application/controllers/Sales.php
index 3a538aec4..823837a83 100644
--- a/application/controllers/Sales.php
+++ b/application/controllers/Sales.php
@@ -423,11 +423,11 @@ class Sales extends Secure_Controller
 			$html = $this->load->view('sales/invoice_email', $sale_data, TRUE);
 			// load pdf helper
 			$this->load->helper(array('dompdf', 'file'));
-			$file_content = pdf_create($html, '', FALSE);
 			$filename = sys_get_temp_dir() . '/' . $this->lang->line('sales_invoice') . '-' . str_replace('/', '-' , $sale_data['invoice_number']) . '.pdf';
-			write_file($filename, $file_content);
-			
-			$result = $this->email_lib->sendEmail($to, $subject, $text, $filename);
+			if(file_put_contents($filename, pdf_create($html)) !== FALSE)
+			{
+				$result = $this->email_lib->sendEmail($to, $subject, $text, $filename);	
+			}
 
 			$message = $this->lang->line($result ? 'sales_invoice_sent' : 'sales_invoice_unsent') . ' ' . $to;
 		}
diff --git a/application/helpers/dompdf_helper.php b/application/helpers/dompdf_helper.php
index 0940d1b91..e88a69a07 100644
--- a/application/helpers/dompdf_helper.php
+++ b/application/helpers/dompdf_helper.php
@@ -1,23 +1,27 @@
 <?php if (!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
 
-function pdf_create($html, $filename = '', $stream = TRUE) 
+function pdf_create($html, $filename = '') 
 {
     // need to enable magic quotes for the
     $magic_quotes_enabled = get_magic_quotes_runtime();
+
     if(!$magic_quotes_enabled)
     {
-    	ini_set("magic_quotes_runtime", true);
+    	ini_set('magic_quotes_runtime', TRUE);
     }
 
     $dompdf = new Dompdf\Dompdf();
     $dompdf->loadHtml($html);
     $dompdf->render();
 
-    ini_set("magic_quotes_runtime", $magic_quotes_enabled);
-
-    if ($stream)
+    if(!$magic_quotes_enabled)
     {
-        $dompdf->stream($filename.".pdf");
+		ini_set('magic_quotes_runtime', $magic_quotes_enabled);
+	}
+
+    if($filename != '')
+    {
+        $dompdf->stream($filename . '.pdf');
     }
     else
     {