diff --git a/panda/src/dxgsg9/dxShaderContext9.cxx b/panda/src/dxgsg9/dxShaderContext9.cxx
index 8190c5092e..01ab62beb4 100644
--- a/panda/src/dxgsg9/dxShaderContext9.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/dxgsg9/dxShaderContext9.cxx
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ CLP(ShaderContext)(Shader *s, GSG *gsg) : ShaderContext(s) {
   _name = s->get_filename ( );
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CG
-  if (s->get_header() == "//Cg") {
+  if (s->get_language() == Shader::SL_Cg) {
     
     // Ask the shader to compile itself for us and 
     // to give us the resulting Cg program objects.