--- src/plugin/translate/unicode_utils.c	Sun Jun 16 18:30:20 2002
+++ src/plugin/translate/unicode_utils.c	Sun Aug  4 05:27:50 2002
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 	sign = 1;
 	result = 0;
 
-	if ((base < 2) || (base > 36)) {
+	if (base && ((base < 2) || (base > 36))) {
 		if (endptr) {
 			*endptr = (t_unicode *)ptr;
 		}