Index: /applications/editors/josm/plugins/walkingpapers/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/walkingpapers/WalkingPapersAddLayerAction.java
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--- /applications/editors/josm/plugins/walkingpapers/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/walkingpapers/WalkingPapersAddLayerAction.java	(revision 16878)
+++ /applications/editors/josm/plugins/walkingpapers/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/walkingpapers/WalkingPapersAddLayerAction.java	(revision 16879)
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@
 
         // screen-scrape details about this id from walking-papers.org
-        String wpUrl = "http://walking-papers.org/scan.php?id=" + mungedWpId;
+        String wpUrl = Main.pref.get("walkingpapers.base-url", "http://walking-papers.org/") + "scan.php?id=" + mungedWpId;
 
         Pattern spanPattern = Pattern.compile("<span class=\"(\\S+)\">(\\S+)</span>");