diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index abbedfe9..ef602c54 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -355,3 +355,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Fixed 'Transfer Mode' in cases where a non-primary interface was switched to
   a channel that only the primary interface can receive (which could happen in
   the EPG scanner).
+- The EPG scanner now starts with the first channel (it used to start with the
+  second channel).
diff --git a/dvbapi.c b/dvbapi.c
index ba0894d7..9a5d39a1 100644
--- a/dvbapi.c
+++ b/dvbapi.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: dvbapi.c 1.51 2001/01/20 09:51:51 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: dvbapi.c 1.52 2001/01/20 09:52:56 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "dvbapi.h"
@@ -2403,7 +2403,7 @@ cEITScanner::cEITScanner(void)
 {
   lastScan = lastActivity = time(NULL);
   currentChannel = 0;
-  lastChannel = 1;
+  lastChannel = 0;
 }
 
 void cEITScanner::Activity(void)