diff --git a/docs/releases.txt b/docs/releases.txt
index 859c7edd..511208f9 100644
--- a/docs/releases.txt
+++ b/docs/releases.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ FEATURE:	Added vs1053 audio play driver
 FEATURE:	Added GAUDIO wave-play demo
 FEATURE:	Added many GWIN simple demo's and updated the combined widget demo
 FEATURE:	Added gwinEnable() and gwinDisable()
+FIX:		Imagebox widget bugfix that could cause gwinImageOpenFile() to crash
 
 
 *** changes after 1.9 ***
diff --git a/src/gwin/gimage.c b/src/gwin/gimage.c
index fdc6df84..44ba785a 100644
--- a/src/gwin/gimage.c
+++ b/src/gwin/gimage.c
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ GHandle gwinGImageCreate(GDisplay *g, GImageObject *gobj, GWindowInit *pInit) {
 
 	// Ensure the gdispImageIsOpen() gives valid results
 	gobj->image.type = 0;
+	gobj->image.fns = 0;
 
 	// Initialise the timer
 	#if GWIN_NEED_IMAGE_ANIMATION