diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 34492c4a1..51b70f2b2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2008-02-29	Tobias Doerffel	<tobydox/at/users/dot/sourceforge/dot/net>
 
+	* include/import_filter.h:
+	fixed importFilter::readByte() to return proper integer instead of
+	signed char - makes import-filters finally work
+
 	* plugins/midi_import/midi_import.cpp:
 	* plugins/flp_import/flp_import.cpp:
 	fixed parameter-list of lmms_plugin_main to work properly
diff --git a/include/import_filter.h b/include/import_filter.h
index 2420598df..0e7718b37 100644
--- a/include/import_filter.h
+++ b/include/import_filter.h
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ protected:
 
 	inline int readByte( void )
 	{
-		char c;
-		if( m_file.getChar( &c ) )
+		unsigned char c;
+		if( m_file.getChar( (char*) &c ) )
 		{
 			return( static_cast<int>( c ) );
 		}