diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 79ef49ea..bd275cd0 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -2739,6 +2739,7 @@ Johann Friedrichs <johann.friedrichs@web.de>
  for fixing a busy loop when moving editing marks
  for making cPalette::ClosestColor() treat fully transparent colors as "equal"
  for implementing scaling of SPU bitmaps
+ for fixing creating a new VPS timer with the SVDRP command NEWT
 
 Timo Helkio <timolavi@mbnet.fi>
  for reporting a hangup when replaying a TS recording with subtitles activated
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 02fb88b2..0b9e6a2d 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -7730,7 +7730,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   to avoid problems with SD-FF cards in case the user switches to the "ST:TNG" or
   "Classic" skin.
 
-2013-03-15: Version 1.7.41
+2013-03-16: Version 1.7.41
 
 - Updated the Hungarian OSD texts (thanks to István Füley).
 - Updated the Russian OSD texts (thanks to Oleg Roitburd).
@@ -7754,3 +7754,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   HOME, USER, LOGNAME and SHELL accordingly (thanks to Manuel Reimer).
 - Updated the help and man page entry about the location of the epg.data file (thanks
   to Ville Skyttä).
+- Fixed creating a new VPS timer with the SVDRP command NEWT (thanks to Johann
+  Friedrichs).
diff --git a/timers.c b/timers.c
index 16cf8cef..279f5532 100644
--- a/timers.c
+++ b/timers.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: timers.c 2.16 2013/02/05 11:13:20 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: timers.c 2.17 2013/03/16 10:37:10 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "timers.h"
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ cTimer::cTimer(bool Instant, bool Pause, cChannel *Channel)
   weekdays = 0;
   start = now->tm_hour * 100 + now->tm_min;
   stop = 0;
-  if (!Setup.InstantRecordTime && channel) {
+  if (!Setup.InstantRecordTime && channel && (Instant || Pause)) {
      cSchedulesLock SchedulesLock;
      if (const cSchedules *Schedules = cSchedules::Schedules(SchedulesLock)) {
         if (const cSchedule *Schedule = Schedules->GetSchedule(channel)) {