diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index ae929dd..ce79882 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ZEngine Version Log for Version 0.8.5
-$Id: changelog.txt,v 1.53 2003/10/05 20:05:57 cozman Exp $
+$Id: changelog.txt,v 1.54 2003/10/12 04:09:46 cozman Exp $
 
 Changes are marked with symbols that describe them:
 ! is code that breaks backwards compatibility (used after 0.8.0-rc1, previous versions broke compatibility)
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ Changes are marked with symbols that describe them:
 
 (Note: Depreciated code (that marked with a *) is likely to disappear completely at the next major version.)
 
+0.8.6
+    # Fixed ZImage crash on missing image.  ZFont crash fix relys on SDL_ttf 2.0.7
+
 0.8.5
     + OpenFromZip code added for ZImage,ZFont and ZSound.
     + Zlib/Unzip code added directly into ZEngine.
diff --git a/src/ZE_ZFont.cpp b/src/ZE_ZFont.cpp
index 5cae2cb..d3786c8 100644
--- a/src/ZE_ZFont.cpp
+++ b/src/ZE_ZFont.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     \brief Source file for ZFont.
 
     Implementation of ZFont, the basic Font class for ZEngine.
-    <br>$Id: ZE_ZFont.cpp,v 1.14 2003/10/05 19:59:29 cozman Exp $<br>
+    <br>$Id: ZE_ZFont.cpp,v 1.15 2003/10/12 04:09:46 cozman Exp $<br>
     \author James Turk
 **/
 
@@ -85,18 +85,24 @@ void ZFont::Release()
 
 void ZFont::DrawText(std::string text, ZImage &image) const
 {
-    if(text.length() == 0)
-        text = " ";
-    image.Attach(TTF_RenderText_Blended(rFont, text.c_str(), rColor));
-    image.SetAlpha(rColor.unused);  //the images alpha comes from the SetColor a parameter
+    if(rFont)
+    {
+        if(text.length() == 0)
+            text = " ";
+        image.Attach(TTF_RenderText_Blended(rFont, text.c_str(), rColor));
+        image.SetAlpha(rColor.unused);  //the images alpha comes from the SetColor a parameter
+    }
 }
 
 void ZFont::DrawShadedText(std::string text, ZImage &image) const
 {
-    if(text.length() == 0)
-        text = " ";
-    image.Attach(TTF_RenderText_Shaded(rFont, text.c_str(), rColor, rBGColor));
-    image.SetAlpha(rColor.unused);  
+    if(rFont)
+    {
+        if(text.length() == 0)
+            text = " ";
+        image.Attach(TTF_RenderText_Shaded(rFont, text.c_str(), rColor, rBGColor));
+        image.SetAlpha(rColor.unused);
+    }
 }
 
 void ZFont::SetColor(Uint8 r, Uint8 g, Uint8 b, Uint8 a)