diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 25a855136..49ca2bf87 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ window.iitcBuildDate = '@@BUILDDATE@@';
 window.onload = function() {};
 document.body.onload = function() {};
 
-
 //originally code here parsed the <Script> tags from the page to find the one that defined the PLAYER object
 //however, that's already been executed, so we can just access PLAYER - no messing around needed!
 
-if (typeof(window.PLAYER)!="object" || typeof(window.PLAYER.nickname) != "string") {
+var PLAYER = window.PLAYER || (unsafeWindow && unsafeWindow.PLAYER);
+if (typeof(PLAYER)!="object" || typeof(PLAYER.nickname) != "string") {
   // page doesn’t have a script tag with player information.
   if(document.getElementById('header_email')) {
     // however, we are logged in.
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ if (typeof(window.PLAYER)!="object" || typeof(window.PLAYER.nickname) != "string
   throw("Couldn't retrieve player data. Are you logged in?");
 }
 
-
 // player information is now available in a hash like this:
 // window.PLAYER = {"ap": "123", "energy": 123, "available_invites": 123, "nickname": "somenick", "team": "ENLIGHTENED||RESISTANCE"};