diff --git a/vendor/phpoffice/phpword/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php b/vendor/phpoffice/phpword/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
index 8461a52..611fcc3 100755
--- a/vendor/phpoffice/phpword/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
+++ b/vendor/phpoffice/phpword/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ class TemplateProcessor
 
 
 
-        if($this->_rels=="")
+        if(!isset($this->_rels) || (isset($this->_rels) && $this->_rels==""))
         {
             $this->_rels=$this->zipClass->getFromName('word/_rels/document.xml.rels');
             $this->_types=$this->zipClass->getFromName('[Content_Types].xml');