diff --git a/application/controllers/survey/index.php b/application/controllers/survey/index.php
index 551e6cc633d..fea17e096ca 100644
--- a/application/controllers/survey/index.php
+++ b/application/controllers/survey/index.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public function run()
     function action()
     {
         global $surveyid;
-        global $thisstep;
+        global $thissurvey, $thisstep;
         global $clienttoken, $tokensexist, $token;
         global $clang;
         $clang = Yii::app()->lang;
@@ -30,13 +30,14 @@ function action()
         $this->_loadRequiredHelpersAndLibraries();
 
         $param = $this->_getParameters(func_get_args(), $_POST);
+
         $surveyid = $param['sid'];
         Yii::app()->setConfig('surveyID',$surveyid);
         $thisstep = $param['thisstep'];
         $move = $param['move'];
         $clienttoken = $param['token'];
         $standardtemplaterootdir = Yii::app()->getConfig('standardtemplaterootdir');
-        $thissurvey = getSurveyInfo($surveyid);
+        if (is_null($thissurvey)) $thissurvey = getSurveyInfo($surveyid);
 
         // unused vars in this method (used in methods using compacted method vars)
         @$loadname = $param['loadname'];