diff --git a/access/access-impl/impl/src/java/org/sakaiproject/access/tool/AccessServlet.java b/access/access-impl/impl/src/java/org/sakaiproject/access/tool/AccessServlet.java
index 569bb128eb21..c4412f3fda51 100644
--- a/access/access-impl/impl/src/java/org/sakaiproject/access/tool/AccessServlet.java
+++ b/access/access-impl/impl/src/java/org/sakaiproject/access/tool/AccessServlet.java
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ public SecurityAdvice isAllowed(String userId, String function, String reference
 			}
 
 			setVmReference("validator", new Validator(), req);
+			setVmReference("formattedText", formattedText, req);
 			setVmReference("props", props, req);
 			setVmReference("tlang", rb, req);
 
@@ -438,6 +439,7 @@ protected void respondCopyrightAlertDemo(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResp
 		ResourceProperties props = new BaseResourceProperties();
 		setVmReference("props", props, req);
 		setVmReference("validator", new Validator(), req);
+		setVmReference("formattedText", formattedText, req);
 		setVmReference("sample", Boolean.TRUE.toString(), req);
 		setVmReference("tlang", rb, req);
 		res.setContentType("text/html; charset=UTF-8");