diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 891ece54b..0bfad0864 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 2011-08-19  Holger Vogt
- * rawfile.c: code beautified
+ * rawfile.c: code beautified, 'strange line' error improved
 
 2011-08-14  Robert Larice
  * src/frontend/postsc.c :
diff --git a/src/frontend/rawfile.c b/src/frontend/rawfile.c
index 7922120b4..4cb00865b 100644
--- a/src/frontend/rawfile.c
+++ b/src/frontend/rawfile.c
@@ -310,6 +310,11 @@ raw_read(char *name) {
             fprintf(cp_err, "\nASCII raw file\n");
             break;
         }
+        else if (ciprefix("binary:", buf)) {
+            binary = TRUE;
+            rewind(fp);                /* rewind */
+            break;
+        }
     }
 
     if (binary) {
@@ -678,10 +683,10 @@ raw_read(char *name) {
             }
         } else {
             s = buf;
-            skip(s);
+//            skip(s);
             if (*s) {
                 fprintf(cp_err,
-                        "Error: strange line in rawfile;\n\t\"%s\"\nload aborted.\n", s);
+                    "Error: strange line in rawfile:\n\"%s\"\nload aborted.\n", s);
                 return (NULL);
             }
         }