diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7d048f0d..d5107a2b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4719,7 +4719,9 @@ v0.33.20        10-Feb-2002
 		like a new kind of M$ standard. mbnews crashed on this one.
 		Fixed a small problem in magic filename testing.
 		In rfc2ftn the Approved: header now becomes a kludge instead
-		of plain passed.
+		of being plain passed.
+		Auto file area create implemented, it can use plain tagfiles
+		or filegate.zxx formatted files.
 
 	mbfile:
 		The mbfile index command now creates the html pages using the
diff --git a/mbsetup/m_farea.c b/mbsetup/m_farea.c
index 28613b1b..1f896340 100644
--- a/mbsetup/m_farea.c
+++ b/mbsetup/m_farea.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ int EditFileRec(int Area)
 		case 1:	E_STR(  6,16,44, area.Name,      "The ^name^ for this area")
 		case 2:	strcpy(tpath, area.Path);
 			strcpy(area.Path, edit_pth(7,16,64, area.Path, (char *)"The ^path^ for the files in this area"));
-			if (strlen(tpath) && strlen(area.Path) && strcmp(tpath, area.Path)) {
+			if (strlen(tpath) && strlen(area.Path) && strcmp(tpath, area.Path) && strcmp(tpath, CFG.ftp_base)) {
 			    if ((dp = opendir(tpath)) == NULL) {
 				WriteError("Can't open directory %s", tpath);
 			    } else {