diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 4a648be4c..f039e10ec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 D2X-Rebirth Changelog
 
+20120328
+--------
+main/movie.c: Call all necessary MVE functions when initializing robot movies to prevent crashes if a robot movie is the first one the program plays
+
 20120324
 --------
 arch/ogl/gr.c, arch/sdl/gr.c, ui/menubar.c: Draw the editor menubar properly - by drawing in response to EVENT_WINDOW_DRAW and initialising the screen canvas properly. The latter fixes a lot of other editor drawing issues as well
diff --git a/main/movie.c b/main/movie.c
index f2bba04ee..2341fba0c 100644
--- a/main/movie.c
+++ b/main/movie.c
@@ -492,6 +492,10 @@ int InitRobotMovie(char *filename)
 
 	con_printf(CON_DEBUG, "RoboFile=%s\n", filename);
 
+	MVE_memCallbacks(MPlayAlloc, MPlayFree);
+	MVE_ioCallbacks(FileRead);
+	MVE_sfCallbacks(MovieShowFrame);
+	MVE_palCallbacks(MovieSetPalette);
 	MVE_sndInit(-1);        //tell movies to play no sound for robots
 
 	RoboFile = PHYSFSRWOPS_openRead(filename);