diff --git a/sys/lib/plumb/basic b/sys/lib/plumb/basic
index 5473df9a9..acfd75acb 100644
--- a/sys/lib/plumb/basic
+++ b/sys/lib/plumb/basic
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ arg isfile	$1
 data set	$file
 attr add	addr=$4
 plumb to image
-plumb start page -wij $0 $file
+plumb start page -wij $file!$4 $file
 
 # postscript/pdf/dvi/doc go to page but not over the a plumb port
 # the port is here for reference but is unused