diff --git a/2006/stewart/README.md b/2006/stewart/README.md
index 8154aa3f1..e1a46c56e 100644
--- a/2006/stewart/README.md
+++ b/2006/stewart/README.md
@@ -10,17 +10,6 @@ make
 ```
 
 
-### Bugs and (Mis)features
-
-The current status of this entry is:
-
-```
-STATUS: known bug - please help us fix
-```
-
-For more detailed information see [2006 stewart in bugs.md](/bugs.md#2006-stewart).
-
-
 ## To use:
 
 ```sh
@@ -48,11 +37,6 @@ where `FILE` is one of:
         spirals4 squares stars stars2 tree tree2 tree3 tree4 triangle
 
 
-### INABIAF - it's not a bug it's a feature! :-)
-
-This program will very likely crash or do something funny if the file does not
-exist or cannot be opened.
-
 ## Judges' remarks:
 
 Note the interesting choice of using a `#define` in the output.
diff --git a/2006/stewart/stewart.c b/2006/stewart/stewart.c
index 02103ec9e..8b27aec4b 100644
--- a/2006/stewart/stewart.c
+++ b/2006/stewart/stewart.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ int main(int c,char**o)
    Z(v,6)=(long)malloc(Z(v,0));
    memset((void*)Z(v,6),0,Z(v,0));
    Z(v,13)=(long)fopen(o[3],"r");
+   if(F(v,13)==NULL)P("file doesn't exist\n"), exit(1);
    fscanf(F(v,13),"%ld",(long*)Y(v,3));
    Z(v,8)=(long)malloc(050+Z(v,3)*070);
    Z(Z(v,8),0)=Z(v,3);
diff --git a/thanks-for-fixes.md b/thanks-for-fixes.md
index d0fca688d..9e5151303 100644
--- a/thanks-for-fixes.md
+++ b/thanks-for-fixes.md
@@ -2154,6 +2154,11 @@ Since the author suggested that the lack of certain `#include`s might break the
 program in some systems he added `-include ...` to the Makefile as well.
 
 
+## [2006/stewart](2006/stewart/stewart.c) ([README.md](2006/stewart/README.md]))
+
+Cody fixed it so that if the file cannot be opened it exits rather than trying
+to read from the file.
+
 ## [2006/toledo2](2006/toledo2/toledo2.c) ([README.md](2006/toledo2/README.md]))
 
 Cody fixed a segfault in this program which was making it fail to work under