diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index b473c9e9..c1515ec0 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -787,3 +787,7 @@ Robert Bartl <robert@bartl.priv.at>
 
 Sebastian Frei <sebastian@schnapsleichen.de>
  for his support in keeping 'channels.conf' up-to-date.
+
+Rene Bartsch <ml@bartschnet.de>
+ for reporting a bug in setting the primary device in case none of the devices
+ provides an MPEG decoder
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 83913a9a..03f6aeb0 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -2364,3 +2364,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Added a note about the driver version needed for the still picture fix from
   version 1.2.5pre1 to work properly (thanks to Oliver Endriss for pointing
   this out).
+- Fixed setting the primary device in case none of the devices provides an MPEG
+  decoder (thanks to Rene Bartsch for reporting this one).
diff --git a/vdr.c b/vdr.c
index 051e3d85..cdc460ea 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 1.167 2003/09/05 13:01:00 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: vdr.c 1.168 2003/09/05 13:14:16 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         const char *msg = "no primary device found - using first device!";
         fprintf(stderr, "vdr: %s\n", msg);
         esyslog("ERROR: %s", msg);
-        if (!cDevice::SetPrimaryDevice(0))
+        if (!cDevice::SetPrimaryDevice(1))
            return 2;
         if (!cDevice::PrimaryDevice()) {
            const char *msg = "no primary device found - giving up!";