diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 129fba9e1..568f9cbed 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 D1X-Rebirth Changelog
 
+20081121
+--------
+main/game.c: Do not allow to restore games while player is dead... again - to much trouble right now
+
 20081120
 --------
 main/ai.c: When we reached MAX_BOSS_TELEPORT_SEGS in init_boss_segments, make sure we also escape out of the for-loop - otherwise we still might overflow 
diff --git a/main/game.c b/main/game.c
index 9d7949e55..0bf9da08d 100644
--- a/main/game.c
+++ b/main/game.c
@@ -2162,7 +2162,7 @@ void HandleGameKey(int key)
 		}
 
 		case KEY_ALTED+KEY_F2:	if (!Player_is_dead) state_save_all( 0 );		break;	// 0 means not between levels.
-		case KEY_ALTED+KEY_F3:	state_restore_all(1);		break;
+		case KEY_ALTED+KEY_F3:	if (!Player_is_dead) state_restore_all(1);		break;
 
 		/*
 		 * Jukebox hotkeys -- MD2211, 2007