--- firedrop2/fd2tools.py.orig	2006-06-14 11:38:57.000000000 +0200
+++ firedrop2/fd2tools.py	2006-06-14 11:39:24.000000000 +0200
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@
         user's settings directory is, we need the file to be here. 
         BUT, let's take an educated guess at where the file *could be*, and
         if there is a copy there, read that one instead of the one here."""
+    global settings_dir
     #following yields path names with ... in them, in Mac OS X
     #fid = find_file_in_locations(ini_firedrop, locations)
     whereami = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))