From f4a853c6119318eccc0b70a2e8125f2bc0b037a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gorhill <rhill@raymondhill.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:45:55 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] this fixes one part of #498

---
 platform/chromium/vapi-background.js | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/platform/chromium/vapi-background.js b/platform/chromium/vapi-background.js
index 37daf89..7efbc44 100644
--- a/platform/chromium/vapi-background.js
+++ b/platform/chromium/vapi-background.js
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 
-self.vAPI = self.vAPI || {};
+var vAPI = self.vAPI = self.vAPI || {};
 
-var vAPI = self.vAPI;
 var chrome = self.chrome;
 var manifest = chrome.runtime.getManifest();
 
@@ -470,6 +469,16 @@ vAPI.onLoadAllCompleted = function() {
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 
+vAPI.punycodeHostname = function(hostname) {
+    return hostname;
+};
+
+vAPI.punycodeURL = function(url) {
+    return url;
+};
+
+/******************************************************************************/
+
 })();
 
 /******************************************************************************/