diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 6fa6af63..62a49388 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -7645,7 +7645,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Expanded tabs in PLUGINS/src/dvbhddevice/setup.c.
 - Some formatting fixes.
 
-2013-03-01: Version 1.7.39
+2013-03-03: Version 1.7.39
 
 - Updated the Finnish OSD texts (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg).
 - Updated the Polish OSD texts (thanks to Marek Nazarko).
@@ -7679,3 +7679,6 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   of not retrying for 10 seconds (reported by Andreas Mair, with help from Oliver Endriss).
 - Updated the Spanish OSD texts (thanks to Luca Olivetti).
 - Updated the Hungarian language texts (thanks to István Füley).
+- Changed the calls to Skins.QueueMessage() in vdr.c that are related to reporting the
+  status of the editing process back to Skins.Message() in order to have them appear
+  immediately.
diff --git a/vdr.c b/vdr.c
index 62872386..f46589f5 100644
--- a/vdr.c
+++ b/vdr.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  *
  * The project's page is at http://www.tvdr.de
  *
- * $Id: vdr.c 2.49 2013/02/14 10:49:06 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: vdr.c 2.50 2013/03/03 10:25:11 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -1301,9 +1301,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
               EITScanner.Process();
            if (!cCutter::Active() && cCutter::Ended()) {
               if (cCutter::Error())
-                 Skins.QueueMessage(mtError, tr("Editing process failed!"));
+                 Skins.Message(mtError, tr("Editing process failed!"));
               else
-                 Skins.QueueMessage(mtInfo, tr("Editing process finished"));
+                 Skins.Message(mtInfo, tr("Editing process finished"));
               }
            }