diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 62a49388..671a901a 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -7682,3 +7682,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Changed the calls to Skins.QueueMessage() in vdr.c that are related to reporting the
   status of the editing process back to Skins.Message() in order to have them appear
   immediately.
+- When sorting recordings by name, folders are now always at the top of the list.
diff --git a/recording.c b/recording.c
index 3359de36..ede7c1b9 100644
--- a/recording.c
+++ b/recording.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: recording.c 2.88 2013/02/17 13:17:55 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: recording.c 2.89 2013/03/03 10:54:05 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "recording.h"
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ cRecording::~cRecording()
   delete info;
 }
 
-char *cRecording::StripEpisodeName(char *s)
+char *cRecording::StripEpisodeName(char *s, bool Strip)
 {
   char *t = s, *s1 = NULL, *s2 = NULL;
   while (*t) {
@@ -931,8 +931,10 @@ char *cRecording::StripEpisodeName(char *s)
      // by '0' in SortName() (see below), which will result in the desired
      // sequence:
      *s1 = '1';
-     s1++;
-     memmove(s1, s2, t - s2 + 1);
+     if (Strip) {
+        s1++;
+        memmove(s1, s2, t - s2 + 1);
+        }
      }
   return s;
 }
@@ -941,8 +943,7 @@ char *cRecording::SortName(void) const
 {
   char **sb = (RecordingsSortMode == rsmName) ? &sortBufferName : &sortBufferTime;
   if (!*sb) {
-     char *s = (RecordingsSortMode == rsmName) ? strdup(FileName() + strlen(VideoDirectory))
-                                              : StripEpisodeName(strdup(FileName() + strlen(VideoDirectory)));
+     char *s = StripEpisodeName(strdup(FileName() + strlen(VideoDirectory)), RecordingsSortMode != rsmName);
      strreplace(s, '/', '0'); // some locales ignore '/' when sorting
      int l = strxfrm(NULL, s, 0) + 1;
      *sb = MALLOC(char, l);
diff --git a/recording.h b/recording.h
index 48d6f683..4807fc9d 100644
--- a/recording.h
+++ b/recording.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: recording.h 2.44 2013/02/14 15:13:14 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: recording.h 2.45 2013/03/03 10:48:39 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __RECORDING_H
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ private:
   cRecordingInfo *info;
   cRecording(const cRecording&); // can't copy cRecording
   cRecording &operator=(const cRecording &); // can't assign cRecording
-  static char *StripEpisodeName(char *s);
+  static char *StripEpisodeName(char *s, bool Strip);
   char *SortName(void) const;
   int GetResume(void) const;
   time_t start;