diff --git a/commentformsettings/commentformsettings.module b/commentformsettings/commentformsettings.module
index 6d36b1b..636dbae 100644
--- a/commentformsettings/commentformsettings.module
+++ b/commentformsettings/commentformsettings.module
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ function commentformsettings_form_alter(&$form, $form_state, $form_id) {
   
   if(isset($form['#node'])) {
     if($form_id == "comment_node_".  $form['#node']->type ."_form") {
+      // Start off with the node visible from the form, it might be overridden
+      // later.
+      $node = $form['#node'];
+
       // print '<pre>' . htmlentities(print_r($form, 1)) . '</pre>';
       $path = drupal_get_path("module", "commentformsettings") . '/includes/';