diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.nextmatch_widget.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.nextmatch_widget.inc.php
index a3244c96a3..8a65248b2e 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.nextmatch_widget.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.nextmatch_widget.inc.php
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ class nextmatch_widget
 		else
 		{
 			$nextmatch =& new etemplate('etemplate.nextmatch_widget');
+			$nextmatch->read('etemplate.nextmatch_widget');
 			// keep the editor away from the generated tmpls
 			$nextmatch->no_onclick = true;