diff --git a/rtxHelpers.py b/rtxHelpers.py
index 31c91bf..fa4460e 100644
--- a/rtxHelpers.py
+++ b/rtxHelpers.py
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ def goto_last_page():
 
 def send_welcome_page():
     """ get the btxlogo, make a rtxPage of it and send it to the client """
-    wpage = rtxPage()
-    wpage.set_page(bytes(cept.btxlogo, "latin-1"))
-    send_page(wpage)
+    glob.curpage = rtxPage()
+    glob.curpage.set_page(bytes(cept.btxlogo, "latin-1"))
+    send_page(glob.curpage)
 
 def check_and_send_page(pgnr, errormsg):
     """ checks if the page "pgnr" exists