diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 2a7b7ef7..357617c5 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -747,6 +747,7 @@ Jon Burgess <mplayer@jburgess.uklinux.net>
 
 Thomas Schmidt <thomas.schmidt@in.stud.tu-ilmenau.de>
  for reporting a crash when cancelling a newly created timer
+ for making 'diseqc.conf' a required file only if Setup.DiSEqC is activated
 
 Michael Walle <michael.walle@web.de>
  for reporting a bug in channel switching after Left/Right has been pressed
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 420d27d0..dbad821f 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -2376,7 +2376,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   is active (sometimes the CAMs got irritated when the device tuned to channels
   they couldn't handle).
 
-2003-09-09: Version 1.2.5
+2003-09-14: Version 1.2.5
 
 - Fixed dropping out of replay mode while viewing a recording that is still
   going on (thanks to Oliver Endriss for reporting and helping to debug this
@@ -2387,3 +2387,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Removed the obsolete chapter "Stopping a recording on the primary DVB interface"
   from MANUAL.
 - Completed Dutch language texts (thanks to Hans Dingemans).
+- Made 'diseqc.conf' a required file only if Setup.DiSEqC is activated (thanks to
+  Thomas Schmidt).
diff --git a/vdr.c b/vdr.c
index cdc460ea..e4874afc 100644
--- a/vdr.c
+++ b/vdr.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  *
  * The project's page is at http://www.cadsoft.de/vdr
  *
- * $Id: vdr.c 1.168 2003/09/05 13:14:16 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: vdr.c 1.169 2003/09/14 09:36:54 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
   Setup.Load(AddDirectory(ConfigDirectory, "setup.conf"));
   if (!(Sources.Load(AddDirectory(ConfigDirectory, "sources.conf"), true, true) &&
-        Diseqcs.Load(AddDirectory(ConfigDirectory, "diseqc.conf"), true, true) &&
+        Diseqcs.Load(AddDirectory(ConfigDirectory, "diseqc.conf"), true, Setup.DiSEqC) &&
         Channels.Load(AddDirectory(ConfigDirectory, "channels.conf"), false, true) &&
         Timers.Load(AddDirectory(ConfigDirectory, "timers.conf")) &&
         Commands.Load(AddDirectory(ConfigDirectory, "commands.conf"), true) &&