diff --git a/htroot/yacysearch.java b/htroot/yacysearch.java
index 9a42be07a..9e1dfe47a 100644
--- a/htroot/yacysearch.java
+++ b/htroot/yacysearch.java
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public class yacysearch {
         int itemsPerPage = Math.min((authenticated) ? 1000 : 10, post.getInt("maximumRecords", post.getInt("count", 10))); // SRU syntax with old property as alternative
         int offset = (newsearch) ? 0 : post.getInt("startRecord", post.getInt("offset", 0));
         
-        boolean global = (post == null) ? true : post.get("resource", "global").equals("global");
+        boolean global = post.get("resource", "local").equals("global");
         final boolean indexof = (post != null && post.get("indexof","").equals("on")); 
         
         String urlmask = null;