url alias issue on news ticker

URL aliasing is not working for news ticker path...
replace the code in module file ajax_newsflash.module

from line 256 to 264

while ($data = db_fetch_object($results)) {
$newsflash_nid = $data->nid;
$pathforalias="node/$newsflash_nid";
$aliasedpath = drupal_get_path_alias($pathforalias);
$file .="";
$file .= "".$data->teaser ."";
$file .="";
}

please let me now any issue