diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index 56ef7216..14ae8bc4 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -9405,7 +9405,7 @@ list=( $( sed -ne '/^# START exclude/,/^# FINISH exclude/p' \
 		line=${line%# START exclude*}
 		line=${line%# FINISH exclude*}
 		line=${line##*\'}
-		list=( "${list[@]:-}" $line )
+		list=( "${list[@]}" $line )
 	done
 	echo "${list[@]}"
 	)
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 078bb4c7..c285f148 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ bash-completion (20080617.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     - fixed _muttquery()
     - added flv/FLV completion to mplayer
     - only complete on filenames for aspell
+    - fixed code for exclusions compspecs
 
- -- David Paleino <d.paleino@gmail.com>  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:58:16 +0200
+ -- David Paleino <d.paleino@gmail.com>  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:00:07 +0200
 
 bash-completion (20080617.3) unstable; urgency=low