diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 25629f0da..323104571 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ $Source$
     * tbl_dump.php3, libraries/build_dump.lib.php3: Completed fix against
       bug #607896, thanks to Loïc.
     * lang/english.inc.php3: Reordered strings.
+    * libraries/common.lib.php3: Added more fake settings in case of an
+      errornous config file.
 
 2002-10-02 Alexander M. Turek  <rabus@users.sourceforge.net>
     * header.inc.php3, header_prinview.inc.php3: Corrected value for the
diff --git a/libraries/common.lib.php3 b/libraries/common.lib.php3
index a3042a48c..18aa5d1e4 100644
--- a/libraries/common.lib.php3
+++ b/libraries/common.lib.php3
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ if (!defined('PMA_COMMON_LIB_INCLUDED')){
     // Include failed
     if (!isset($cfgServers) && !isset($cfg['Servers'])) {
         // Creates fake settings
-        $cfg = array('DefaultLang' => 'en-iso-8859-1');
+        $cfg = array('DefaultLang' => 'en-iso-8859-1',
+            'AllowAnywhereRecoding' => FALSE);
         // Loads the language file
         include('./libraries/select_lang.lib.php3');
         // Sends the Content-Type header