diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index d8ecbf35..fd25c420 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ Martin Hammerschmid <martin@hammerschmid.com>
  for adding a missing #include to ringbuffer.c
  for adding a missing 'public' keyword in device.h
  for pointing out a bug in displaying the group separators in the channel display
+ for reporting a problem with a missing initialization of 'number' in cChannel
 
 Bastian Guse <bastian@nocopy.de>
  for writing the FORMATS entry for timers.conf
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 4d215082..ebec7985 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1812,3 +1812,8 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   'now +/- LOCKFILESTALETIME'. This improves things in cases where the system time
   makes far jumps, so that a lock file might end up with a time stamp that lies
   in the distant future (thanks to Oliver Endriss).
+
+2002-11-24: Version 1.1.18
+
+- Fixed missing initialization of 'number' in cChannel (thanks to Martin Hammerschmid
+  for reporting this one).
diff --git a/channels.c b/channels.c
index 6afa7b95..b69e4549 100644
--- a/channels.c
+++ b/channels.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: channels.c 1.9 2002/11/24 14:28:48 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: channels.c 1.10 2002/11/24 20:09:42 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "channels.h"
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ cChannel::cChannel(void)
   tid          = 0;
   sid          = 888;
   rid          = 0;
+  number       = 0;
   groupSep     = false;
   polarization = 'v';
   inversion    = INVERSION_AUTO;
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 0c84ad41..43fbfbad 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: config.h 1.141 2002/11/24 12:28:20 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: config.h 1.142 2002/11/24 20:09:56 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __CONFIG_H
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include "device.h"
 #include "tools.h"
 
-#define VDRVERSION "1.1.17"
+#define VDRVERSION "1.1.18"
 
 #define MAXPRIORITY 99
 #define MAXLIFETIME 99