diff --git a/src/sbbs3/upload.cpp b/src/sbbs3/upload.cpp
index b3fae9781ba698df814cc0eb32b7d5b1ca81b636..249cef8641543988af9d3e8f3a62172b0f45a10a 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/upload.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/upload.cpp
@@ -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 2008 Rob Swindell - http://www.synchro.net/copyright.html		*
+ * Copyright 2009 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				*
@@ -600,6 +600,8 @@ bool sbbs_t::bulkupload(uint dirnum)
 			getstr(f.desc,LEN_FDESC,K_LINE);
 			if(sys_status&SS_ABORT)
 				break;
+			if(strcmp(f.desc,"-")==0)	/* don't add this file */
+				continue;
 			uploadfile(&f); 
 		}
 	}