diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 066d308e..f1e72387 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ v0.61.1		20-Jun-2004 - 11-Jul-2004
 		rulefile is deleted too.
 		When a new golded.inc file is written, only fidonet records
 		that are active are written.
+		When a file area is deleted, the file path wasn't removed.
 
 
 v0.61.0		06-Jun-2004 - 20-Jun-2004
diff --git a/mbsetup/m_farea.c b/mbsetup/m_farea.c
index 26428517..6381fbaf 100644
--- a/mbsetup/m_farea.c
+++ b/mbsetup/m_farea.c
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ int EditFileRec(int Area)
 				     * Erase file in path if path is set and not the default
 				     * FTP base path
 				     */
-				    sprintf(temp, "-f %s", area.Path);
+				    sprintf(temp, "-rf %s", area.Path);
 				    execute_pth((char *)"rm", temp, (char *)"/dev/null", (char *)"/dev/null", (char *)"/dev/null");
 				    rmdir(area.Path);
 				}