diff --git a/ganglia.php b/ganglia.php
index ebdb6194..4c71a4a4 100644
--- a/ganglia.php
+++ b/ganglia.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 $gweb_root = dirname(__FILE__);
 
 include_once($gweb_root . "/version.php");
+include_once("./global.php");
 
 $error="";
 
@@ -341,8 +342,9 @@ function Gmetad ()
       }
 
    if ($debug) print "<br/>DEBUG: Creating parser\n";
-   if ( $context == "compare_hosts" or $context == "views" or $context == "decompose_graph") 
+   if ( in_array($context, $SKIP_GMETAD_CONTEXTS) ) {
       return TRUE;
+   }
    $parser = xml_parser_create();
    $strip_extra = $conf['strip_extra'];
    switch ($context)
diff --git a/get_context.php b/get_context.php
index dfad77bb..deb79164 100644
--- a/get_context.php
+++ b/get_context.php
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@
 #
 # WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING. If you create another context
 # e.g. views, compare_hosts please make sure you add those to
-# get_ganglia.php and ganglia.php otherwise you may be making
-# requests to the gmetad any time you access it which will impact
-# performance read make it really slow
+# global.php, otherwise you may be making requests to the gmetad
+# any time you access it which will impact performance read make
+# it really slow
 $context = NULL;
 if(!$user['clustername'] && !$user['hostname'] && $user['controlroom']) {
       $context = "control";
diff --git a/get_ganglia.php b/get_ganglia.php
index 36e21dd3..a6296105 100644
--- a/get_ganglia.php
+++ b/get_ganglia.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 # If we are in compare_hosts, views and decompose_graph context we shouldn't attempt
 # any connections to the gmetad
-if ( $context == "compare_hosts" or $context == "views" or $context == "decompose_graph")  {
+if ( in_array($context, $SKIP_GMETAD_CONTEXTS) ) {
    
 } else {
    if (! Gmetad($conf['ganglia_ip'], $conf['ganglia_port']) )
@@ -39,4 +39,6 @@
                }
       }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+?>
diff --git a/global.php b/global.php
index 6dc2d895..fce9bdb4 100644
--- a/global.php
+++ b/global.php
@@ -2,4 +2,9 @@
 $SHOW_EVENTS_BASE_ID = "show_events_";
 $TIME_SHIFT_BASE_ID = "time_shift_";
 $GRAPH_BASE_ID = "graph_img_";
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+$SKIP_GMETAD_CONTEXTS = array (
+	  "compare_hosts"
+	, "decompose_graph"
+	, "views"
+);
+?>