diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index ea353802..b5a150fa 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ Stefan Huelswitt <huels@iname.com>
  for fixing a possible race condition in cDevice::Action() and cTSBuffer::Action()
  for reporting several memory leaks that were introduced through the use of cString
  for adding MPEG1 replay capability to cPesAssembler
+ for fixing handling symbolic links in cRecordings::ScanVideoDir()
 
 Ulrich Röder <roeder@efr-net.de>
  for pointing out that there are channels that have a symbol rate higher than 27500
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 73a342d8..d79e983d 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -3374,7 +3374,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   out).
 - Added MPEG1 replay capability to cPesAssembler (thanks to Stefan Huelswitt).
 
-2005-02-08: Version 1.3.21
+2005-02-12: Version 1.3.21
 
 - Fixed cDvbDevice::SetAudioTrackDevice() to avoid a blank screen after switching
   back to live mode if a recording is currently active on the primary device.
@@ -3384,3 +3384,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Restricted the "setting audio track" log message to automatic changes during replay.
 - Fixed handling Transfer Mode for radio channels (thanks to Andreas Regel for
   reporting this one).
+- Fixed handling symbolic links in cRecordings::ScanVideoDir() (thanks to Stefan
+  Huelswitt).
diff --git a/recording.c b/recording.c
index c6460f27..e50dfcb7 100644
--- a/recording.c
+++ b/recording.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: recording.c 1.95 2005/02/06 09:46:31 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: recording.c 1.96 2005/02/12 10:17:47 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "recording.h"
@@ -637,8 +637,9 @@ void cRecordings::ScanVideoDir(const char *DirName)
            struct stat st;
            if (stat(buffer, &st) == 0) {
               if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
-                 free(buffer);
-                 buffer = ReadLink(buffer);
+                 char *old = buffer;
+                 buffer = ReadLink(old);
+                 free(old);
                  if (!buffer)
                     continue;
                  if (stat(buffer, &st) != 0) {
diff --git a/tools.h b/tools.h
index bf190890..be8782bf 100644
--- a/tools.h
+++ b/tools.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: tools.h 1.66 2005/02/05 10:00:22 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: tools.h 1.67 2005/02/12 10:17:14 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __TOOLS_H
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ bool DirectoryOk(const char *DirName, bool LogErrors = false);
 bool MakeDirs(const char *FileName, bool IsDirectory = false);
 bool RemoveFileOrDir(const char *FileName, bool FollowSymlinks = false);
 bool RemoveEmptyDirectories(const char *DirName, bool RemoveThis = false);
-char *ReadLink(const char *FileName);
+char *ReadLink(const char *FileName); ///< returns a new strings allocated on the heap, which the caller must delete (or NULL in case of an error)
 bool SpinUpDisk(const char *FileName);
 time_t LastModifiedTime(const char *FileName);
 cString WeekDayName(int WeekDay);