diff --git a/VERSIONS b/VERSIONS
index 3221f1caf..d5236d01c 100644
--- a/VERSIONS
+++ b/VERSIONS
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ new ChuGL v0.2.4 (see ChuGL release notes below)
     internally, string operations now are appropriately handled by the
     operator overloading mechanism
 (fixed) < <= > >= operators for strings
+(fixed) an issue chugin system auto-load and --chugin-probe was skipping\
+    over the first element when scanning directories 
 (fixed) vec2/vec3/vec4 implicit cast logic for +=> and -=> operations
     (previously, this would cause a crash in some cases)
 (fixed) vec2/vec3/vec4 function call from literal (non-variable) value
diff --git a/src/core/chuck.cpp b/src/core/chuck.cpp
index 355bf85bd..5e5c8a2d3 100644
--- a/src/core/chuck.cpp
+++ b/src/core/chuck.cpp
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ void ChucK::probeChugins()
 
     // check
     if( ck_libs_to_preload.size() == 0 )
-        EM_log( CK_LOG_INFO, "(no auto-load chuck files found)" );
+        EM_log( CK_LOG_INFO, "(no chuck files found)" );
 
     // pop log
     EM_poplog();
diff --git a/src/core/chuck_compile.cpp b/src/core/chuck_compile.cpp
index 8c7454c38..56a9d4ce9 100644
--- a/src/core/chuck_compile.cpp
+++ b/src/core/chuck_compile.cpp
@@ -1446,10 +1446,9 @@ t_CKBOOL scan_external_modules_in_directory( const string & directory,
     // cannot open
     if( !dir ) return FALSE;
 
-    // do first read | 1.5.0.0 (ge + eito) #chunreal
-    struct dirent * de = readdir( dir );
     // while( (de = readdir(dir)) ) <- UE5 forces us to not do this
-    for( de = readdir(dir); de != NULL; de = readdir(dir) )
+    // iterate over directory entries | 1.5.0.0 (ge + eito) #chunreal
+    for( struct dirent * de = readdir( dir ); de != NULL; de = readdir(dir) )
     {
         t_CKBOOL is_regular = false;
         t_CKBOOL is_directory = false;