diff -up gnash-0.8.1/plugin/plugin.cpp.old gnash-0.8.1/plugin/plugin.cpp
--- gnash-0.8.1/plugin/plugin.cpp.old	2007-08-18 18:48:54.000000000 +0200
+++ gnash-0.8.1/plugin/plugin.cpp	2007-10-15 10:44:16.000000000 +0200
@@ -490,6 +490,14 @@ nsPluginInstance::startProc(Window win)
       procname = gnash_env;
     }
 
+    const char* pageurl = getCurrentPageURL();
+    if ( ! pageurl )
+    {
+	cout << "Could not get current page URL!" << endl;
+	//log_msg("UNIMPLEMENTED: current page url: %s", pageurl);
+	// invoke gnash with -U <current_page_url>
+    }
+
     struct stat procstats;
 
     // See if the file actually exists, otherwise we can't spawn it
@@ -558,13 +566,6 @@ nsPluginInstance::startProc(Window win)
 
     // setup the command line
 
-    const char* pageurl = getCurrentPageURL();
-    if ( ! pageurl )
-    {
-	cout << "Could not get current page URL!" << endl;
-	//log_msg("UNIMPLEMENTED: current page url: %s", pageurl);
-	// invoke gnash with -U <current_page_url>
-    }
 
     const size_t buf_size = 30;
     char xid[buf_size], width[buf_size], height[buf_size];