Index: /Users/team/fluid/components/src/webapp/sample-code/shared/sakai/js/sakai.js
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--- /Users/team/fluid/components/src/webapp/sample-code/shared/sakai/js/sakai.js	(revision 6219)
+++ /Users/team/fluid/components/src/webapp/sample-code/shared/sakai/js/sakai.js	(working copy)
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
             $(function () {
+                var uiOptions;
                 var initDialog = function () {
                     // center dialog
                     $('#dialog_container').css({
@@ -11,14 +12,15 @@
                     });
                 
                     // instantiate component
-                    fluid.uiOptions(".ui_options_container");
+                    uiOptions = fluid.uiOptions(".ui_options_container");
                 };
 
-
                 $('.skin').click(function () {
-                    // ajax call to pull the UI Options dialog into a container
-                    $('#dialog_content').load('../../../fluid-components/html/templates/UIOptions.html .ui_options_container', initDialog);
-                    // reveal dialog
+                    if (!uiOptions) {
+                        // ajax call to pull the UI Options dialog into a container
+                        $('#dialog_content').load('../../../fluid-components/html/templates/UIOptions.html .ui_options_container', initDialog);
+                    }
+                    
                     $("#dialog_container").css('display','block');                    
                 });
             });   
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