diff --git a/mod/dfrn_request.php b/mod/dfrn_request.php
index 99b933625e..2741ad59b4 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_request.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_request.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  */
 
 require_once('include/enotify.php');
+require_once('include/Scrape.php');
 
 if(! function_exists('dfrn_request_init')) {
 function dfrn_request_init(&$a) {
@@ -112,8 +113,6 @@ function dfrn_request_post(&$a) {
 					 * Scrape the other site's profile page to pick up the dfrn links, key, fn, and photo
 					 */
 
-					require_once('include/Scrape.php');
-
 					$parms = scrape_dfrn($dfrn_url);
 
 					if(! count($parms)) {