diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_contactform.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_contactform.inc.php
index 55cec5be4a..d174380b62 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_contactform.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_contactform.inc.php
@@ -60,11 +60,6 @@ class addressbook_contactform
 	 */
 	function display_var(array &$content=null,$addressbook=null,$fields=null,$msg=null,$email=null,$tpl_name=null,$subject=null,$copytoreceiver=false,$sel_options=array())
 	{
-		// allow to preset variables via get parameters
-		if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'GET')
-		{
-			$content = array_merge($_GET, (array)$content);
-		}
 		#error_log( "<p>addressbook_contactform::display(".print_r($content,true).",$addressbook,".print_r($fields,true).",$msg,$tpl_name)</p>\n");
 		if (empty($tpl_name) && !empty($content['tpl_form_name'])) $tpl_name =$content['tpl_form_name'];
 		$tpl = new etemplate($tpl_name ? $tpl_name : 'addressbook.contactform');
@@ -220,6 +215,13 @@ class addressbook_contactform
 			$content['captcha_task'] = sprintf('%d - %d =',$num1,$num2);
 			$preserv['captcha_result'] = $num1-$num2;
 		}
+
+		// allow to preset variables via get parameters
+		if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'GET')
+		{
+			$content = array_merge($_GET, (array)$content);
+		}
+
 		return $tpl->exec($this->callback,$content,$sel_options,array(),$preserv);
 	}
 }