diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index a94534ed4d..2e5f2bce36 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -8998,3 +8998,10 @@ David  9 Nov 2009
         log_flags.cpp
     sched/
         sched_locality.cpp
+
+David  9 Nov 2009
+	- client: fix bug that crashed client if client_state.xml
+		had garbage within <file_info>
+
+	client/
+		client_types.cpp
diff --git a/client/client_types.cpp b/client/client_types.cpp
index a8cfe20b4c..112c1891cd 100644
--- a/client/client_types.cpp
+++ b/client/client_types.cpp
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ int FILE_INFO::parse(MIOFILE& in, bool from_server) {
             continue;
         }
 
-        strcat(signed_xml, buf);
+        safe_strcat(signed_xml, buf);
         if (parse_str(buf, "<name>", name, sizeof(name))) continue;
         if (parse_str(buf, "<url>", url)) {
             urls.push_back(url);