diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 375fdbfc..3093bf3b 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1520,6 +1520,7 @@ Udo Richter <udo_richter@gmx.de>
  for fixing handling detached processes in SystemExec()
  for fixing handling single byte characters >0x7F in Utf8ToArray()
  for fixing clearing color buttons in the 'curses' skin
+ for adding a missing error report to cCuttingThread::Action()
 
 Sven Kreiensen <svenk@kammer.uni-hannover.de>
  for his help in keeping 'channels.conf.terr' up to date
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 1fd3a90a..a09b711b 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -5403,3 +5403,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   varable in the Makefile (thanks to Thomas Schmidt).
 - The SVDRP command LSTC can now list the channels with group separators if the
   option ':groups' is given (thanks to Andreas Mair).
+- Added a missing error report to cCuttingThread::Action() (thanks to Udo
+  Richter).
diff --git a/cutter.c b/cutter.c
index 5170ae4a..b596f3f4 100644
--- a/cutter.c
+++ b/cutter.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: cutter.c 1.16 2006/07/30 10:22:08 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: cutter.c 1.17 2007/08/25 10:33:18 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "cutter.h"
@@ -110,8 +110,10 @@ void cCuttingThread::Action(void)
                  break;
                  }
               }
-           else
+           else {
+              error = "index";
               break;
+              }
 
            // Write one frame: