diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7ec9a20a..d870e7f6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ v0.71.5		18-Aug-2005
 		Code cleanup.
 		Added debug logging in rfc2ftn to track a rare problem.
 
+	mbaff:
+		Fixed a crash when announce a empty description line.
+
 	mbdiff:
 		Code cleanup.
 
diff --git a/mbfido/announce.c b/mbfido/announce.c
index cd3826d1..c35a5365 100644
--- a/mbfido/announce.c
+++ b/mbfido/announce.c
@@ -300,9 +300,11 @@ long Report(gr_list *ta, long filepos)
 	     * Extra description lines follow
 	     */
 	    for (i = 1; i < 24; i++) {
-		MacroVars("t", "s", To_Low(T_File.LDesc[i],newfiles.HiAscii));
+//		if (strlen(T_File.LDesc[i]))
+//		    MacroVars("t", "s", To_Low(T_File.LDesc[i],newfiles.HiAscii));
 		fseek(fi, filepos2, SEEK_SET);
 		if (strlen(T_File.LDesc[i])) {
+		    MacroVars("t", "s", To_Low(T_File.LDesc[i],newfiles.HiAscii));
 		    Msg_Macro(fi);
 		} else {
 		    line = calloc(MAXSTR, sizeof(char));