diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 1a29cda7..d689e82d 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -612,3 +612,7 @@ Benjamin Harling <benjamin.harling@web.de>
 
 Christian Jacobsen <christian.jacobsen@stageholding.de>
  for making the LIRC interface skip keys that come in too fast
+
+Andreas Mair <Andreas.Mair@linogate.com>
+ for reporting a short display of the main menu if a plugin displays its own OSD and
+ is started through a user defined key macro
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index acadbb5b..7d8f8031 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -2077,3 +2077,6 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Added a note regarding non-VDR files in the /videoX directories to INSTALL
   (suggested by Benjamin Harling).
 - Skipping keys that come in too fast from LIRC (thanks to Christian Jacobsen).
+- Avoiding short display of the main menu if a plugin displays its own OSD and
+  is started through a user defined key macro (thanks to Andreas Mair for reporting
+  this one).
diff --git a/interface.c b/interface.c
index 9245c85f..6431f911 100644
--- a/interface.c
+++ b/interface.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: interface.c 1.63 2003/04/12 14:17:49 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: interface.c 1.64 2003/04/27 12:08:52 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "interface.h"
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ void cInterface::Close(void)
 
 eKeys cInterface::GetKey(bool Wait)
 {
-  Flush();
+  if (!cRemote::HasKeys())
+     Flush();
   if (SVDRP) {
      if (SVDRP->Process())
         Wait = false;
diff --git a/remote.h b/remote.h
index f26be169..9ff95662 100644
--- a/remote.h
+++ b/remote.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: remote.h 1.25 2003/04/12 14:14:49 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: remote.h 1.26 2003/04/27 12:05:48 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __REMOTE_H
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public:
   static bool Put(eKeys Key);
   static bool PutMacro(eKeys Key);
   static const char *GetPlugin(void) { return plugin; }
+  static bool HasKeys(void) { return in != out; }
   static eKeys Get(int WaitMs = 1000, char **UnknownCode = NULL);
   };