diff --git a/ecrire/inc/utils.php b/ecrire/inc/utils.php
index d8f342b8fef1a2b554492d6f8cb14e5e5f8dd37f..e5260b9b6c944957b4a3da6ce7956754a9f7ada9 100644
--- a/ecrire/inc/utils.php
+++ b/ecrire/inc/utils.php
@@ -1277,8 +1277,11 @@ function find_in_path ($file, $dirname='', $include=false) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!defined('_SAUVER_CHEMIN'))
-		define('_SAUVER_CHEMIN',true);
+	if (!defined('_SAUVER_CHEMIN')){
+		// si le chemin n'a pas encore ete charge, ne pas lever le flag, ne pas cacher
+		if (is_null($GLOBALS['path_files'])) return false;
+		define('_SAUVER_CHEMIN', true);
+	}
 	return $GLOBALS['path_files'][$GLOBALS['path_sig']][$dirname][$file] = $GLOBALS['path_files'][$GLOBALS['path_sig']][''][$dirname . $file] = false;
 }