diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 6e73959e4..85c79a962 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 D1X-Rebirth Changelog
 
+20080414
+--------
+main/network.c: fix network bug where it got confused about the Function_mode and gave up
+
 20080413
 --------
 include/args.h, main/newmenu.c, main/collide.h, main/network.c, main/multi.c, main/multi.h, main/inferno.c, main/menu.c, main/menu.h, main/playsave.c, main/playsave.h, main/object.c, main/hud.c, main/weapon.c, main/hostage.c, main/newdemo.c, main/config.c, main/gameseq.c, main/endlevel.c, main/ai.h, main/game.c, main/gauges.c, main/game.h, main/kconfig.c, main/kconfig.h, misc/args.c, d1x.ini, arch/ogl/ogl.c, arch/ogl/gr.c, arch/sdl/joy.c, arch/include/joy.h: Added structure for values saved in PLR/PLX files; Added most common command-line options to options menu
diff --git a/main/network.c b/main/network.c
index 564241502..88394ae5f 100644
--- a/main/network.c
+++ b/main/network.c
@@ -2143,8 +2143,11 @@ void network_read_sync_packet( ubyte * data, int d1x )
 #ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
 	netgame_info tmp_info;
 
-	receive_d1x_netgame_packet((ubyte *)sp, &tmp_info);
-	sp = &tmp_info;
+	if (data)
+	{
+		receive_d1x_netgame_packet((ubyte *)sp, &tmp_info);
+		sp = &tmp_info;
+	}
 #endif
 	
 	// This function is now called by all people entering the netgame.