diff --git a/src/sbbs3/chat.cpp b/src/sbbs3/chat.cpp
index 1aa4a347d48548af016d18ec3e985e873eb8b318..4c427a45b61912784256895e3c5d9ae851076fdb 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/chat.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/chat.cpp
@@ -1271,8 +1271,10 @@ int sbbs_t::getnodetopage(int all, int telegram)
 
 	strcpy(str,lastnodemsguser);
 	getstr(str,LEN_ALIAS,K_UPRLWR|K_LINE|K_EDIT|K_AUTODEL);
-	if(sys_status&SS_ABORT)
+	if(sys_status&SS_ABORT) {
+		sys_status&= ~SS_ABORT;
 		return(0);
+	}
 	if(!str[0])
 		return(0);