diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index de7572176..5f24fcba9 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 EQEMu Changelog (Started on Sept 24, 2003 15:50)
 -------------------------------------------------------
+== 09/02/2014 ==
+demonstar55: crash fix checking DivineAura in hate_list.cpp
+
 == 08/31/2014 ==
 KLS: Fixed a bug in fishing in S3D zones
 KLS: Fixed a bug in turnins with new any abstraction
diff --git a/zone/hate_list.cpp b/zone/hate_list.cpp
index 86b20d313..f26615877 100644
--- a/zone/hate_list.cpp
+++ b/zone/hate_list.cpp
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ Mob* HateList::GetClosest(Mob *hater) {
 		++iterator;
 	}
 
-	if (close == 0 && hater->IsNPC() || close->DivineAura())
+	if ((!close && hater->IsNPC()) || (close && close->DivineAura()))
 		close = hater->CastToNPC()->GetHateTop();
 
 	return close;