diff --git a/src/frontends/controllers/ChangeLog b/src/frontends/controllers/ChangeLog
index 9802c76a4a..5513fb39ad 100644
--- a/src/frontends/controllers/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/frontends/controllers/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-03-27  MArtin Vermeer  <martin.vermeer@hut.fi>
+
+	* ControlDocument.C (dispatch_bufferparams): fix bug 1843
+
 2005-03-15  Eitan Frachtenberg  <sky8an@gmail.com>
 
 	* biblio.C (getInfo): Show BibTeX annotation in citation preview
diff --git a/src/frontends/controllers/ControlDocument.C b/src/frontends/controllers/ControlDocument.C
index 689c395a55..50f0d8bdc9 100644
--- a/src/frontends/controllers/ControlDocument.C
+++ b/src/frontends/controllers/ControlDocument.C
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ void dispatch_bufferparams(Kernel const & kernel, BufferParams const & bp,
 			   kb_action lfun)
 {
 	ostringstream ss;
+	ss << "\\begin_header\n";
 	bp.writeFile(ss);
 	ss << "\\end_header\n";
 	kernel.dispatch(FuncRequest(lfun, ss.str()));