diff --git a/lib/release.tmpl b/lib/release.tmpl
index c591e617ec42921fc3dacfd1c48f4f49bc3a6cfe_bGliL3JlbGVhc2UudG1wbA==..5f6f288d2562598e95325fbdaf873315d624de65_bGliL3JlbGVhc2UudG1wbA== 100644
--- a/lib/release.tmpl
+++ b/lib/release.tmpl
@@ -50,9 +50,14 @@
    END;
 %]
 
+[% BLOCK direct_download_file;
+     "ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/$smversion/$path";
+   END;
+%]
+
 [% BLOCK download_file;
      # vars that need to be set by caller or document:
      # smversion: version number (2.0a1, 2.0.1, ...)
      # mirrorred: bool that tells us if to use release mirrors/bouncer, false means direct FTP
      # path: path to add to the base URL of that version
 
@@ -53,9 +58,9 @@
 [% BLOCK download_file;
      # vars that need to be set by caller or document:
      # smversion: version number (2.0a1, 2.0.1, ...)
      # mirrorred: bool that tells us if to use release mirrors/bouncer, false means direct FTP
      # path: path to add to the base URL of that version
 
-     IF mirrorred;
+     IF mirrorred AND NOT smversion.match('a|b');
        "http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/$smversion/$path";
      ELSE;
@@ -60,6 +65,6 @@
        "http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/$smversion/$path";
      ELSE;
-       "ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/$smversion/$path";
+       INCLUDE direct_download_file;
      END;
    END;
 %]
@@ -63,9 +68,3 @@
      END;
    END;
 %]
-
-[% BLOCK direct_download_file;
-     # like download_file, but unmirrorred
-     "ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/$smversion/$path";
-   END;
-%]
diff --git a/src/releases/2.3b3.en.html b/src/releases/2.3b3.en.html
index c591e617ec42921fc3dacfd1c48f4f49bc3a6cfe_c3JjL3JlbGVhc2VzLzIuM2IzLmVuLmh0bWw=..5f6f288d2562598e95325fbdaf873315d624de65_c3JjL3JlbGVhc2VzLzIuM2IzLmVuLmh0bWw= 100755
--- a/src/releases/2.3b3.en.html
+++ b/src/releases/2.3b3.en.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [%- PROCESS release.tmpl -%]
 [%- smversion = '2.3b3' -%]
 [%- prettyversion = '2.3 Beta 3' -%]
-[%- mirrorred = false -%]
+[%- mirrorred = true -%]
 [%- uselongversion = false -%]
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
 <html lang="en">