diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index bbceff25..1acaafcb 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ Andreas Schultz <aschultz@warp10.net>
  for adding support for replaying DVDs (much of this was derived from
  dvdplayer-0.5 by Matjaz Thaler <matjaz.thaler@guest.arnes.si>)
  for adding PTS to the converted PCM audio when replaying a DVD
+ for fixing a crash in case there is no 'epg.data' at program start
 
 Aaron Holtzman
  for writing 'ac3dec'
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index ea81172d..2b0093e0 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1042,3 +1042,8 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   inadvertently overwriting an existing VDR directory with a new version.
 - Added a missing error message in SVDRP command LSTC in case the given channel
   can't be found.
+
+2002-02-25: Version 1.0.0pre2
+
+- Fixed a crash in case there is no 'epg.data' at program start (thanks to
+  Andreas Schultz).
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 35f1590c..b5860d18 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: config.h 1.99 2002/02/24 13:39:47 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: config.h 1.100 2002/02/25 16:29:09 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __CONFIG_H
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include "eit.h"
 #include "tools.h"
 
-#define VDRVERSION "1.0.0pre1"
+#define VDRVERSION "1.0.0pre2"
 
 #define MAXPRIORITY 99
 #define MAXLIFETIME 99
diff --git a/eit.c b/eit.c
index bd43fe92..8f4c0372 100644
--- a/eit.c
+++ b/eit.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
  *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
  *                                                                         *
- * $Id: eit.c 1.37 2002/02/23 17:11:19 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: eit.c 1.38 2002/02/25 16:30:42 kls Exp $
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 #include "eit.h"
@@ -1022,6 +1022,8 @@ bool cSIProcessor::Read(FILE *f)
            return false;
            }
         }
+     else
+        return false;
      }
   bool result = cSchedules::Read(f);
   if (OwnFile)