diff --git a/js/viewTracker.js b/js/viewTracker.js
index efd24f1f75e9151bacbfa60256c27e270a0986ae..c317993c741bf36729495476be87d2185e053c2f 100644
--- a/js/viewTracker.js
+++ b/js/viewTracker.js
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-var phase = null;
-
-setTimeout( function()
-{
-    phase = pianos.getParams().phase;    
-}, 0 );
-
 /******************************************************************************\
  *
  *      View Box tracking functions
@@ -17,7 +10,7 @@ viewDataOld = {};
 var viewTracker = function()
 {
     var markViewData  = $( '.pianos4_mark  > .pianos4_view_canvas > svg' )[ 0 ].viewBox.baseVal;
-    if( phase == "comparison" )
+    if( pianos.getParams().phase == "comparison" )
         var printViewData = $( '.pianos4_print > .pianos4_view_canvas > svg' )[ 0 ].viewBox.baseVal;
     
     var projectViewData = function( indata, rot )
@@ -36,11 +29,11 @@ var viewTracker = function()
         mark:  projectViewData( markViewData,  rotationView.mark  ),
     }
     
-    if( phase == "comparison" )
+    if( pianos.getParams().phase == "comparison" )
         viewData.print = projectViewData( printViewData, rotationView.print );
     
     var isnewdata = JSON.stringify( viewData.mark )  === JSON.stringify( viewDataOld.mark  );
-    if( phase == "comparison" )
+    if( pianos.getParams().phase == "comparison" )
         isnewdata = isnewdata & ( JSON.stringify( viewData.print ) === JSON.stringify( viewDataOld.print ) );
     
     if( Object.keys( viewDataOld ).length == 0 )