diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index dffbb1d46..64b767000 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ D2X-Rebirth Changelog
 20110522
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 editor/med.c, main/game.c, main/gameseg.c, main/gameseq.c, main/menu.c: Like in BigEndian builds do netmisc_calc_checksum() only with expected items of segment/side struct to prevent different checksums in case these structs change; Fixed several issues when building with editor; Fixed compiler warning regarding set but unused variable
+main/net_udp.c: When restoring Coop setting from netgame profile don't forget to fix max players variable
 
 20110520
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diff --git a/main/net_udp.c b/main/net_udp.c
index 231bfb613..82609c966 100644
--- a/main/net_udp.c
+++ b/main/net_udp.c
@@ -3270,12 +3270,11 @@ int net_udp_setup_game()
 		if (i!=Player_num)
 			Players[i].callsign[0]=0;
 
-	MaxNumNetPlayers = MAX_NUM_NET_PLAYERS;
+	Netgame.max_numplayers = MaxNumNetPlayers = MAX_NUM_NET_PLAYERS;
 	Netgame.KillGoal=0;
 	Netgame.PlayTimeAllowed=0;
 	Netgame.Allow_marker_view=1;
 	Netgame.difficulty=PlayerCfg.DefaultDifficulty;
-	Netgame.max_numplayers=MaxNumNetPlayers;
 	sprintf( Netgame.game_name, "%s%s", Players[Player_num].callsign, TXT_S_GAME );
 	if (GameArg.MplUdpMyPort != 0)
 		snprintf (UDP_MyPort, sizeof(UDP_MyPort), "%d", GameArg.MplUdpMyPort);
@@ -3293,6 +3292,9 @@ int net_udp_setup_game()
 
 	read_netgame_profile(&Netgame);
 
+	if (Netgame.gamemode == NETGAME_COOPERATIVE) // did we resotred Coop as default? then fix max players right now!
+		Netgame.max_numplayers = MaxNumNetPlayers = 4;
+
 	strcpy(Netgame.mission_name, Current_mission_filename);
 	strcpy(Netgame.mission_title, Current_mission_longname);