Index: apps/app_voicemail.c
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--- apps/app_voicemail.c	(revision 7472)
+++ apps/app_voicemail.c	(working copy)
@@ -536,6 +536,9 @@
 		if (mailbox) 
 			ast_copy_string(retval->mailbox, mailbox, sizeof(retval->mailbox));
 		populate_defaults(retval);
+		if (!context && !ast_test_flag((&globalflags), VM_SEARCH))
+			context = "default";
+		
 		if (!context && ast_test_flag((&globalflags), VM_SEARCH))
 			var = ast_load_realtime("voicemail", "mailbox", mailbox, NULL);
 		else