diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 0bb0f1f19..12d087a1d 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Mon Oct  5 19:59:56 1998  Norbert Warmuth  <nwarmuth@privat.circular.de>
+
+	* main.c (translate_url_to_new_syntax): Translate ftp:// to an
+	absolute path instead of a relative path (fix to "hotlist" bug 
+	reported by Andrej). This means we drop the "return to last dir" 
+	feature for ftpfs (when leaving ftpfs with ".." returns to the
+	directory visited before entering the ftpfs).
+
 Sat Oct  3 00:54:23 1998  Norbert Warmuth  <nwarmuth@privat.circular.de>
 
 	* gtkedit/Makefile.in (EDITOBJS): removed one wrong \\ (line 
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 758d054f3..525352f0b 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -907,13 +907,13 @@ directory_history_add (WPanel * panel, char *s)
 }
 
 /* Translate ftp://user:password@host/directory to 
-              #ftp:user:password@host/directory.
+              /#ftp:user:password@host/directory.
  */
 static char *
 translate_url_to_new_syntax (const char *p)
 {
     if (strncmp (p, "ftp://", 6) == 0)
-        return copy_strings ("#ftp:", p + 6, 0);
+        return copy_strings ("/#ftp:", p + 6, 0);
     else
         return strdup (p);
 }