diff --git a/CHANGES.current b/CHANGES.current
index 9c1c2ae83..3cb7b2de4 100644
--- a/CHANGES.current
+++ b/CHANGES.current
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 Version 1.3.39 (in progress)
 ============================
 
+2008-02-20: wsfulton
+	    Fix SF #2605955: -co option which broke in 1.3.37. 
+
 2008-02-20: wsfulton
 	    New %insert("begin") section added. Also can be used as %begin. This is a new
 	    code section reserved entirely for users and the code within the section is generated
diff --git a/Source/Modules/main.cxx b/Source/Modules/main.cxx
index 4603ac339..c824db6f9 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/main.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/main.cxx
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ int SWIG_main(int argc, char *argv[], Language *l) {
     if (!s) {
       Printf(stderr, "Unable to locate '%s' in the SWIG library.\n", input_file);
     } else {
-      FILE *f = Swig_include_open(outfile);
+      FILE *f = Swig_open(outfile);
       if (f) {
 	fclose(f);
 	Printf(stderr, "File '%s' already exists. Checkout aborted.\n", outfile);