diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0f81ea9d9..4b7da2c00 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2009-03-25  Moritz Bunkus  <moritz@bunkus.org>
 
+	* mmg: bug fix: The job manager's status output was garbled if mmg
+	was run with another language as English.
+
 	* mmg: bug fix: The progress bar for each individual job in the
 	job dialog wasn't updated if mmg was run with another language as
 	English.
diff --git a/src/mmg/jobs.cpp b/src/mmg/jobs.cpp
index f96404908..995bd741f 100644
--- a/src/mmg/jobs.cpp
+++ b/src/mmg/jobs.cpp
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ job_run_dialog::on_end_process(wxProcessEvent &evt) {
 
   int ndx       = jobs_to_start[current_job];
   int exit_code = evt.GetExitCode();
-  const wxChar *status;
+  wxString status;
 
   if (abort) {
     jobs[ndx].status = JOBS_ABORTED;
@@ -261,8 +261,7 @@ job_run_dialog::on_end_process(wxProcessEvent &evt) {
 
   jobs[ndx].finished_on = wxGetUTCTime();
 
-  wxString format = Z("Finished job ID %d on %s: status '%s'");
-  add_to_log(wxString::Format(format, jobs[ndx].id, format_date_time(jobs[ndx].finished_on).c_str(), status));
+  add_to_log(wxString::Format(Z("Finished job ID %d on %s: status '%s'"), jobs[ndx].id, format_date_time(jobs[ndx].finished_on).c_str(), status.c_str()));
 
   mdlg->save_job_queue();
   delete process;