diff --git a/src/support/ChangeLog b/src/support/ChangeLog
index d376e2589c..c23dce4c64 100644
--- a/src/support/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/support/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-11-27  Lars Gullik Bjønnes  <larsbj@birdstep.com>
+
+	* filetools.C (DirList): remove all ugly hacks and do it nice
+
 2002-11-13  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <Jean-Marc.Lasgouttes@inria.fr>
 
 	* lyxsum.C: an ugly hack to compile with non-gnu linkers
diff --git a/src/support/filetools.C b/src/support/filetools.C
index 4cb71a7d80..e2602bd759 100644
--- a/src/support/filetools.C
+++ b/src/support/filetools.C
@@ -211,9 +211,11 @@ string const FileOpenSearch(string const & path, string const & name,
 vector<string> const DirList(string const & dir, string const & ext)
 {
 	// This is a non-error checking C/system implementation
-	string extension(ext);
-	if (!extension.empty() && extension[0] != '.')
-		extension.insert(string::size_type(0), 1, '.');
+	string extension;
+	if (!ext.empty() && ext[0] != '.')
+		extension += '.';
+	extension += ext;
+	
 	vector<string> dirlist;
 	DIR * dirp = ::opendir(dir.c_str());
 	if (!dirp) {