diff --git a/src/sbbs3/scfg/scfgmsg.c b/src/sbbs3/scfg/scfgmsg.c
index 89aa664342859f17781e2b19fbd32a9639a901a0..0d86731845fe844ef6fd2e8ca8eb25b51b155406 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/scfg/scfgmsg.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/scfg/scfgmsg.c
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ export the current message group into.
 					sprintf(str,"Open Failure: %d (%s)"
 						,errno,strerror(errno));
 					uifc.msg(str);
+					uifc.changes=q;
 					break; 
 				}
 				uifc.pop("Exporting Areas...");