diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwdialogue/journalimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwdialogue/journalimp.cpp
index b56db1ebd..b21951618 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwdialogue/journalimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwdialogue/journalimp.cpp
@@ -83,8 +83,10 @@ namespace MWDialogue
             if (i->mTopic == id && i->mInfoId == infoId)
             {
                 if (getJournalIndex(id) < index)
+                {
                     setJournalIndex(id, index);
-                MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->messageBox ("#{sJournalEntry}");
+                    MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->messageBox ("#{sJournalEntry}");
+                }
                 return;
             }