diff -r 2b018ad09b69 sites/all/modules/contrib/domain/domain.bootstrap.inc
--- a/sites/all/modules/contrib/domain/domain.bootstrap.inc	Wed Feb 09 12:11:59 2011 +0100
+++ b/sites/all/modules/contrib/domain/domain.bootstrap.inc	Wed Feb 09 13:43:23 2011 +0100
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ function domain_bootstrap() {
 
   // Ensure that core globals are loaded.
   if (!isset($GLOBALS['base_root'])) {
+    $settings_conf = $GLOBALS['conf'] ;
     drupal_settings_initialize();
+    $GLOBALS['conf'] += $settings_conf;
   }
 
   $phases = array(DOMAIN_BOOTSTRAP_INIT, DOMAIN_BOOTSTRAP_NAME_RESOLVE, DOMAIN_BOOTSTRAP_FULL);