diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4a6060611e83488c39e419afe7c03f2045390097..8296d212edb0aa26905ac1a712ea6d7fa5921d4e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 CVS Code -
 - nano.c:
-  usage():
+  main()
+	- Call load_file with arg 0 for insert, as we aren't really
+	  doing an insert, allows new_file() to run if we open a 
+	  non-file at startup.
+  usage()
   	- Remove gettext markings from -p/--preserve (Jordi).
   do_preserve_msg():
 	- Unsplit error message into a single fprintf call (Jordi).
diff --git a/nano.c b/nano.c
index 4da521d167888483bd6b5fb6313d0be16ae9272b..f86847230d5dd0eb0bb5ffd9c8938446a6281fcf 100644
--- a/nano.c
+++ b/nano.c
@@ -3421,7 +3421,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     fprintf(stderr, _("Main: open file\n"));
 #endif
 
-    open_file(filename, 1, 1);
+    open_file(filename, 0, 1);
 #ifdef ENABLE_MULTIBUFFER
     /* If we're using multibuffers and more than one file is specified
        on the command line, load them all and switch to the first one