diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 32ef70251..6cb0eef2c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ D1X-Rebirth Changelog
 20100129
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 main/automap.c, main/automap.h, main/game.c, main/gamecntl.c, main/kconfig.c, main/multi.c, main/multi.h, main/net_ipx.c, main/net_udp.c, main/newmenu.c: For multiplayer, close menus from game_handler by doing frame processing in response to EVENT_WINDOW_DRAW, replacing multi_menu_poll system with single multi_menu_check call
+main/newmenu.c: Initialise lb->first_item to 0, not -1, preventing crash if you make a listbox selection very quickly
 
 20100128
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diff --git a/main/newmenu.c b/main/newmenu.c
index b3fdbe226..c2f44b4ff 100644
--- a/main/newmenu.c
+++ b/main/newmenu.c
@@ -2027,7 +2027,7 @@ int newmenu_listbox1( char * title, int nitems, char * items[], int allow_abort_
 	if ( lb->citem < 0 ) lb->citem = 0;
 	if ( lb->citem >= nitems ) lb->citem = 0;
 
-	lb->first_item = -1;
+	lb->first_item = 0;
 
 	lb->mouse_state = lb->omouse_state = 0;	//dblclick_flag = 0;