diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5675cd3d53393def6ee3a03a2c6bcc466528f39f..85ee292b62a506fd167d8785901ff1a4ab83b30b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ General -
 	- removed skipping . and .. when tabulating matches.
 	- Added the (char *) sizeof when allocating memory for the filename
 	  array (Rocco).
+  do_writeout()
+	- Now takes an argument so the string typed in can be retained
+	  when calling the browser.
   do_browser()
 	- Don't decrement longest by the length of path.  Fixes crashes
 	  on entering various dirs  (Rocco).
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ General -
   mallocstrcpy()
 	- Takes char pointers now instead of void (makes debugging a
 	  helluva lot easier)
+	- Duh, don't do anything if src == dest!
 - es.po:
 	- Updates for file browser (Jordi).
 
diff --git a/files.c b/files.c
index f325166b32c1776591fc19ff4f97dd085287358b..1a1c2eeeb5511643aea0a4197cf3c5af770ec348 100644
--- a/files.c
+++ b/files.c
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ int write_file(char *name, int tmp)
 	if (fd == -1) {
 	    if (!tmp && ISSET(TEMP_OPT)) {
 		UNSET(TEMP_OPT);
-		return do_writeout(1);
+		return do_writeout(filename, 1);
 	    }
 	    statusbar(_("Could not open file for writing: %s"),
 		      strerror(errno));
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ int write_file(char *name, int tmp)
 	if ((fd = mkstemp(buf)) == -1) {
 	    if (ISSET(TEMP_OPT)) {
 		UNSET(TEMP_OPT);
-		return do_writeout(1);
+		return do_writeout(filename, 1);
 	    }
 	    statusbar(_("Could not open file for writing: %s"),
 		      strerror(errno));
@@ -495,15 +495,16 @@ int write_file(char *name, int tmp)
     return 1;
 }
 
-int do_writeout(int exiting)
+int do_writeout(char *path, int exiting)
 {
     int i = 0;
 
 #ifdef NANO_EXTRA
     static int did_cred = 0;
 #endif
+fprintf(stderr, "answer = %s, path = %s\n", answer, path);
 
-    answer = mallocstrcpy(answer, filename);
+    answer = mallocstrcpy(answer, path);
 
     if ((exiting) && (ISSET(TEMP_OPT))) {
 	if (filename[0]) {
@@ -532,8 +533,11 @@ int do_writeout(int exiting)
 
 	    if (tmp != NULL)
 		answer = mallocstrcpy(answer, tmp);
-	    else
-		return do_writeout(exiting);
+	    else {
+fprintf(stderr, "Answer = %s\n", answer);
+
+		return do_writeout(answer, exiting);
+	    }
 	}
 #endif
 
@@ -572,7 +576,7 @@ int do_writeout(int exiting)
 
 int do_writeout_void(void)
 {
-    return do_writeout(0);
+    return do_writeout(filename, 0);
 }
 
 #ifndef DISABLE_TABCOMP
diff --git a/nano.c b/nano.c
index 8370de538e7067a341d4556817ba95526676f3a5..dc775d600fc307c5f46598c15d04beb6c1c512bf 100644
--- a/nano.c
+++ b/nano.c
@@ -1421,7 +1421,7 @@ int do_exit(void)
 #endif
 
     if (i == 1) {
-	if (do_writeout(1) > 0)
+	if (do_writeout(filename, 1) > 0)
 	    finish(0);
     } else if (i == 0)
 	finish(0);
diff --git a/proto.h b/proto.h
index 96965dde1a77ea9d237d16268643209dddb033aa..c9709701955d308d5a4b41e5748d738e9d7f0b9e 100644
--- a/proto.h
+++ b/proto.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ int do_uncut_text(void);
 int no_help(void);
 int renumber_all(void);
 int open_file(char *filename, int insert, int quiet);
-int do_writeout(int exiting);
+int do_writeout(char *path, int exiting);
 int do_gotoline(long defline);
 int do_replace_loop(char *prevanswer, filestruct *begin, int *beginx,
 			int wholewords, int *i);
diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index f624a103810ec9ed0389c7769b4d8592e7290eab..a13964198fa8c9a9eb4ea8dfaba8b655a9e09d43 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ void *nrealloc(void *ptr, size_t howmuch)
 void *mallocstrcpy(char *dest, char *src)
 {
 
+
+    if (src == dest)
+	return src;
+
     if (dest != NULL)
 	free(dest);