diff --git a/exec/xtrn_sec.js b/exec/xtrn_sec.js
index 4fb0e7bc2056aee778b409bf818b478b53120e44..db8de38af68c85940f7343e035838925de13e222 100644
--- a/exec/xtrn_sec.js
+++ b/exec/xtrn_sec.js
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ function external_program_menu(xsec)
 {
     var i,j;
 
+	js.global.xtrn_sec = xtrn_area.sec_list[xsec].name;
+
 	while(bbs.online) {
 
 		console.aborted = false;