diff --git a/modules/page.module b/modules/page.module
index 03ca6165fe46b9207a5a9f3036f52526e2ef1aa1..3fed02f08de89967fe4a333466efed7812f96a6a 100644
--- a/modules/page.module
+++ b/modules/page.module
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
+global $format;
 $format = array(0 => HTML, 1 => PHP, 2 => text);
 
 function page_view($node, $main = 0) {
diff --git a/modules/page/page.module b/modules/page/page.module
index 03ca6165fe46b9207a5a9f3036f52526e2ef1aa1..3fed02f08de89967fe4a333466efed7812f96a6a 100644
--- a/modules/page/page.module
+++ b/modules/page/page.module
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
+global $format;
 $format = array(0 => HTML, 1 => PHP, 2 => text);
 
 function page_view($node, $main = 0) {