diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6308d752a..460647f54 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 	  translated strings. This breaks now once every history file
 	  but afterwards this will be stable
 
+2009-01-24 Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@metux.de>
+
+	* src/cmd.c: fixed bug #35 (do_view_cmd is now calling repaint_screen())
+
 2009-01-24 Patrick Winnertz <winnie@debian.org>
 
 	* edit/editcmd.c: Fix some issues about regex:
diff --git a/src/cmd.c b/src/cmd.c
index a1c6017e1..a3ea05c85 100644
--- a/src/cmd.c
+++ b/src/cmd.c
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ do_view_cmd (int normal)
 	if (!do_cd (selection (current_panel)->fname, cd_exact))
 	    message (D_ERROR, MSG_ERROR, _("Cannot change directory"));
 
+	repaint_screen();
 	return;
-
     }
 
     file_idx = current_panel->selected;
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ do_view_cmd (int normal)
 	    break;
 	file_idx = scan_for_file (current_panel, file_idx, dir);
     }
+
+    repaint_screen();
 }
 
 /* Run user's preferred viewer on the currently selected file */