diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 4c639f52..cbabbaf0 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -4766,3 +4766,10 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Fixed handling tabbed item display in 'skincurses'.
 - Increased the column spacing in the "Recordings" menu (was too small for the
   'skincurses' plugin).
+- When the 'skincurses' plugin is loaded, it automatically sets the 'curses'
+  skin as the current one. This doesn't modify the Setup.OSDSkin parameter, so
+  that after using 'skincurses' (for instance for debugging) the previously
+  selected skin will be used again.
+- Added some log messages when setting the current skin.
+- Only making a second attempt to set the current skin at startup if the first
+  attempt has failed.
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/HISTORY b/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/HISTORY
index 6c870957..c58423df 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/HISTORY
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/HISTORY
@@ -33,3 +33,5 @@ VDR Plugin 'skincurses' Revision History
 2006-06-03: Version 0.0.7
 
 - Fixed handling tabbed item display.
+- When the 'skincurses' plugin is loaded, it automatically sets the 'curses'
+  skin as the current one.
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/skincurses.c b/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/skincurses.c
index f9e15dd2..a75375b5 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/skincurses.c
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/skincurses.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * See the README file for copyright information and how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: skincurses.c 1.9 2006/06/03 13:21:33 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: skincurses.c 1.10 2006/06/03 14:20:39 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include <ncurses.h>
@@ -787,7 +787,9 @@ bool cPluginSkinCurses::Initialize(void)
 bool cPluginSkinCurses::Start(void)
 {
   // Start any background activities the plugin shall perform.
-  new cSkinCurses;
+  cSkin *Skin = new cSkinCurses;
+  // This skin is normally used for debugging, so let's make it the current one:
+  Skins.SetCurrent(Skin->Name());
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/skins.c b/skins.c
index c3c93961..7a9682ed 100644
--- a/skins.c
+++ b/skins.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: skins.c 1.10 2006/06/03 10:18:07 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: skins.c 1.11 2006/06/03 14:39:14 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "skins.h"
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ cSkin::cSkin(const char *Name, cTheme *Theme)
   if (theme)
      cThemes::Save(name, theme);
   Skins.Add(this);
-  Skins.SetCurrent(Name);
 }
 
 cSkin::~cSkin()
@@ -203,12 +202,17 @@ bool cSkins::SetCurrent(const char *Name)
   if (Name) {
      for (cSkin *Skin = First(); Skin; Skin = Next(Skin)) {
          if (strcmp(Skin->Name(), Name) == 0) {
+            isyslog("setting current skin to \"%s\"", Name);
             current = Skin;
             return true;
             }
          }
      }
   current = First();
+  if (current)
+     isyslog("skin \"%s\" not available - using \"%s\" instead", Name, current->Name());
+  else
+     esyslog("ERROR: no skin available");
   return current != NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/vdr.c b/vdr.c
index 6343933f..42309128 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 1.272 2006/05/14 09:23:46 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: vdr.c 1.273 2006/06/03 14:46:36 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -504,6 +504,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   bool UserShutdown = false;
   bool TimerInVpsMargin = false;
   bool IsInfoMenu = false;
+  cSkin *CurrentSkin = NULL;
 
   // Load plugins:
 
@@ -605,6 +606,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   new cSkinSTTNG;
   Skins.SetCurrent(Setup.OSDSkin);
   cThemes::Load(Skins.Current()->Name(), Setup.OSDTheme, Skins.Current()->Theme());
+  CurrentSkin = Skins.Current();
 
   // Start plugins:
 
@@ -613,8 +615,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
   // Set skin and theme in case they're implemented by a plugin:
 
-  Skins.SetCurrent(Setup.OSDSkin);
-  cThemes::Load(Skins.Current()->Name(), Setup.OSDTheme, Skins.Current()->Theme());
+  if (!CurrentSkin || CurrentSkin == Skins.Current() && strcmp(Skins.Current()->Name(), Setup.OSDSkin) != 0) {
+     Skins.SetCurrent(Setup.OSDSkin);
+     cThemes::Load(Skins.Current()->Name(), Setup.OSDTheme, Skins.Current()->Theme());
+     }
 
   // Remote Controls:
   if (RcuDevice)