diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 904f68c5..acdf227c 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1200,3 +1200,7 @@ Laurence Abbott <laz@club-burniston.co.uk>
 
 Patrick Gleichmann <patrick@feedface.com>
  for fixing the default quality value when grabbing a JPEG image
+
+Achim Tuffentsammer <a.tuffentsammer@web.de>
+ for reporting a crash in case a plugin needs to issue an error message before the
+ skin has been set up
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 5f6a174b..47fcc381 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -3287,3 +3287,10 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Added support for circular polarization (thanks to Jonan Santiago).
 - Thanks to Werner Fink, Reinhard Nissl, Sascha Volkenandt and Bjørnar Nilsen for
   their support in testing and fine tuning this version.
+
+2005-01-14: Version 1.3.19
+
+- Making sure at least the default skin is available at program start in case a
+  plugin needs to issue an error message (thanks to Achim Tuffentshammer for
+  reporting a crash in such a case). Also checking if there is a current skin
+  in cSkins::Message().
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index d6759ccc..5dacc6fb 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 1.209 2005/01/09 12:14:33 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: config.h 1.210 2005/01/09 16:50:11 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __CONFIG_H
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 #include "i18n.h"
 #include "tools.h"
 
-#define VDRVERSION  "1.3.18"
-#define VDRVERSNUM   10318  // Version * 10000 + Major * 100 + Minor
+#define VDRVERSION  "1.3.19"
+#define VDRVERSNUM   10319  // Version * 10000 + Major * 100 + Minor
 
 #define MAXPRIORITY 99
 #define MAXLIFETIME 99
diff --git a/skins.c b/skins.c
index 5770bd4c..fb21ed38 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 1.3 2004/11/07 09:46:46 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: skins.c 1.4 2005/01/14 13:07:19 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "skins.h"
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ cSkin::cSkin(const char *Name, cTheme *Theme)
   if (theme)
      cThemes::Save(name, theme);
   Skins.Add(this);
+  Skins.SetCurrent(Name);
 }
 
 cSkin::~cSkin()
@@ -172,6 +173,8 @@ eKeys cSkins::Message(eMessageType Type, const char *s, int Seconds)
     case mtError: esyslog("ERROR: %s", s); break;
     default: ;
     }
+  if (!Current())
+     return kNone;
   if (!cSkinDisplay::Current() && !displayMessage)
      displayMessage = Current()->DisplayMessage();
   cSkinDisplay::Current()->SetMessage(Type, s);
diff --git a/vdr.c b/vdr.c
index 5c823724..2089d961 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 1.198 2005/01/06 14:36:40 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: vdr.c 1.199 2005/01/09 16:35:36 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -460,15 +460,20 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
   Interface = new cInterface(SVDRPport);
 
+  // Default skins:
+
+  new cSkinClassic;
+  new cSkinSTTNG;
+  Skins.SetCurrent(Setup.OSDSkin);
+  cThemes::Load(Skins.Current()->Name(), Setup.OSDTheme, Skins.Current()->Theme());
+
   // Start plugins:
 
   if (!PluginManager.StartPlugins())
      EXIT(2);
 
-  // Skins:
+  // Set skin and theme in case they're implemented by a plugin:
 
-  new cSkinClassic;
-  new cSkinSTTNG;
   Skins.SetCurrent(Setup.OSDSkin);
   cThemes::Load(Skins.Current()->Name(), Setup.OSDTheme, Skins.Current()->Theme());