diff -urp taxonomy_breadcrumb/taxonomy_breadcrumb.inc taxonomy_breadcrumb_new/taxonomy_breadcrumb.inc
--- taxonomy_breadcrumb/taxonomy_breadcrumb.inc	2009-01-11 18:19:26.000000000 -0800
+++ taxonomy_breadcrumb_new/taxonomy_breadcrumb.inc	2010-02-08 10:11:21.000000000 -0800
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ function _taxonomy_breadcrumb_node_get_l
 }
 
 /**
+* return the primary id for the primary term in a format that taxonomy breadcrumb will understand
+* based on ($node) since it doesn't not make since to reload the object into memory since it was already created
+* and running a query for something we already have does not make sense
+*/
+function _taxonomy_breadcrumb_node_get_primary_term($node) {
+	$term = (object)array('tid' => $node->primaryterm);	
+	return ($term);
+}
+
+/**
  * Return the administrator defined vocabulary path for a given vocabulary
  * ($vid).  If a path doesn't exist, NULL is returned.
  */
diff -urp taxonomy_breadcrumb/taxonomy_breadcrumb.module taxonomy_breadcrumb_new/taxonomy_breadcrumb.module
--- taxonomy_breadcrumb/taxonomy_breadcrumb.module	2009-01-11 18:19:26.000000000 -0800
+++ taxonomy_breadcrumb_new/taxonomy_breadcrumb.module	2010-02-08 10:11:38.000000000 -0800
@@ -86,8 +86,13 @@ function taxonomy_breadcrumb_nodeapi(&$n
     // THEN modify the breadcrumb trail.
     if ($in_list == variable_get('taxonomy_breadcrumb_include_nodes', FALSE) ) {
 
-      // Extract lightest term from lightest vocabulary assosciated with node.
-      $term = _taxonomy_breadcrumb_node_get_lightest_term($node->nid);
+	    // Extract lightest term from lightest vocabulary assosciated with node.
+	    if(isset($node->primaryterm)) {
+      		$term = _taxonomy_breadcrumb_node_get_primary_term($node);
+
+	    } else {
+      		$term = _taxonomy_breadcrumb_node_get_lightest_term($node->nid);
+	    }
       $breadcrumb = _taxonomy_breadcrumb_generate_breadcrumb($term->tid);
       drupal_set_breadcrumb($breadcrumb);
     }