diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index b619bf6c..cd8fcfd8 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---version 2.0.2 released---
 
-11-aug-2008 - zeromus - SF [ 2046985 ] SRAM not wiped on power cycle (during movies)
+12-aug-2008 - zeromus - print a special message when trying to open an FCM reminding user to convert. (finishes SF [ 2011832 ] Opening non movie file crashes FCEUX)
+12-aug-2008 - zeromus - SF [ 2046985 ] SRAM not wiped on power cycle (during movies)
 11-aug-2008 - zeromus - restore IPS patching capability which was lost when archive support was added
 11-aug-2008 - zeromus - SF [ 2011550 ] Buffer overflow (change vsprintf to vsnprintf)
 11-aug-2008 - zeromus - SF [ 2047004 ] Moviefilenames without extension don't automatically get fm2
diff --git a/src/movie.cpp b/src/movie.cpp
index 899028f7..e28330a9 100644
--- a/src/movie.cpp
+++ b/src/movie.cpp
@@ -461,9 +461,19 @@ static void LoadFM2_binarychunk(MovieData& movieData, std::istream* fp, int size
 //yuck... another custom text parser.
 static bool LoadFM2(MovieData& movieData, std::istream* fp, int size, bool stopAfterHeader)
 {
+	//first, look for an fcm signature
+	char fcmbuf[3];
+	std::ios::pos_type curr = fp->tellg();
+	fp->read(fcmbuf,3);
+	fp->seekg(curr);
+	if(!strncmp(fcmbuf,"FCM",3)) {
+		FCEU_PrintError("FCM File format is no longer supported. Please use Tools > Convert FCM");
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	//movie must start with "version 3"
 	char buf[9];
-	std::ios::pos_type curr = fp->tellg();
+	curr = fp->tellg();
 	fp->read(buf,9);
 	fp->seekg(curr);
 	if(fp->fail()) return false;