diff --git a/src/sbbs3/rechocfg.c b/src/sbbs3/rechocfg.c
index 15da21de76f6c2c4d51bea34fbe9169d5f619f42..9290416ae6c4ddda858d7a5ba4a9fa8943912533 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/rechocfg.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/rechocfg.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * @format.tab-size 4		(Plain Text/Source Code File Header)			*
  * @format.use-tabs true	(see http://www.synchro.net/ptsc_hdr.html)		*
  *																			*
- * Copyright 2006 Rob Swindell - http://www.synchro.net/copyright.html		*
+ * Copyright 2011 Rob Swindell - http://www.synchro.net/copyright.html		*
  *																			*
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or			*
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License				*
@@ -292,6 +292,11 @@ void read_echo_cfg()
 			misc|=STRIP_LF;
 			continue; }
 
+		if(!stricmp(tmp,"CONVERT_TEAR")) {
+			misc|=CONVERT_TEAR;
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		if(!stricmp(tmp,"STORE_SEENBY")) {
 			misc|=STORE_SEENBY;
 			continue; }