diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index becabae3e4..d8502d8b99 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-07-16 22:55 GMT+3 Alexander Kresin <alex@belacy.belgorod.su>
+  * source/pp/ppcore.c
+    ! minor fix, related to using of __PreProcess() function
+
 2001-07-16 09:45 UTC-0800 Ron Pinkas <ron@profit-master.com>
    * source/vm/hvm.c
    * source/vm/macro.c
diff --git a/harbour/source/pp/ppcore.c b/harbour/source/pp/ppcore.c
index 240f0d6df8..7cdfe7a90d 100644
--- a/harbour/source/pp/ppcore.c
+++ b/harbour/source/pp/ppcore.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static int  s_ParseState;
 static int  s_maxCondCompile;
 static int  s_aIsRepeate[ 5 ];
 static int  s_Repeate;
-static BOOL s_bReplacePat;
+static BOOL s_bReplacePat = TRUE;
 static int  s_numBrackets;
 static char s_groupchar;
 static char s_prevchar;