diff --git a/public_html/planeObject.js b/public_html/planeObject.js
index df5b296..797c5af 100644
--- a/public_html/planeObject.js
+++ b/public_html/planeObject.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ function PlaneObject(icao) {
         this.speed     = null;
         this.track     = null;
         this.position  = null;
+        this.position_from_mlat = false
         this.sitedist  = null;
 
 	// Data packet numbers
@@ -290,6 +291,16 @@ PlaneObject.prototype.updateData = function(receiver_timestamp, data) {
                 if (SitePosition !== null) {
                         this.sitedist = google.maps.geometry.spherical.computeDistanceBetween (SitePosition, this.position);
                 }
+
+                this.position_from_mlat = false;
+                if (typeof data.mlat !== "undefined") {
+                        for (var i = 0; i < data.mlat.length; ++i) {
+                                if (data.mlat[i] === "lat" || data.mlat[i] == "lon") {
+                                        this.position_from_mlat = true;
+                                        break;
+                                }
+                        }
+                }
         }
         if (typeof data.flight !== "undefined")
 		this.flight	= data.flight;
@@ -297,16 +308,6 @@ PlaneObject.prototype.updateData = function(receiver_timestamp, data) {
 		this.squawk	= data.squawk;
         if (typeof data.category !== "undefined")
                 this.category	= data.category;
-
-        this.position_from_mlat = false
-        if (typeof data.mlat !== "undefined") {
-                for (var i = 0; i < data.mlat.length; ++i) {
-                        if (data.mlat[i] === "lat" || data.mlat[i] == "lon") {
-                                this.position_from_mlat = true;
-                                break;
-                        }
-                }
-        }
 };
 
 PlaneObject.prototype.updateTick = function(receiver_timestamp, last_timestamp) {