diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers.js b/lib/OpenLayers.js
index 91714594dd..6f83eaef1f 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers.js
@@ -179,15 +179,16 @@
             "OpenLayers/Control/EditingToolbar.js"
         ); // etc.
 
-
-
-        var allScriptTags = "";
-        var host = OpenLayers._getScriptLocation() + "lib/";
-    
+        var agent = navigator.userAgent;
+        var docWrite = (agent.match("MSIE") || agent.match("Safari"));
+        if(docWrite) {
+            var allScriptTags = new Array(jsfiles.length);
+        }
+        var host = OpenLayers._getScriptLocation() + "lib/";    
         for (var i = 0; i < jsfiles.length; i++) {
-            if (/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent) || /Safari/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
-                var currentScriptTag = "<script src='" + host + jsfiles[i] + "'></script>"; 
-                allScriptTags += currentScriptTag;
+            if (docWrite) {
+                allScriptTags[i] = "<script src='" + host + jsfiles[i] +
+                                   "'></script>"; 
             } else {
                 var s = document.createElement("script");
                 s.src = host + jsfiles[i];
@@ -197,8 +198,8 @@
                 h.appendChild(s);
             }
         }
-        if (allScriptTags) {
-            document.write(allScriptTags);
+        if (docWrite) {
+            document.write(allScriptTags.join(""));
         }
     }
 })();