diff --git a/std/player/channel.c b/std/player/channel.c
index 0ecefc2..b5db1ae 100644
--- a/std/player/channel.c
+++ b/std/player/channel.c
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
     // Ignorierepruefung funktioniert. Die ignorierestrings sind naemlich alle
     // kleingeschrieben.
     ReceiveMsg(channel_message,
-               MT_COMM|MT_FAR|MSG_DONT_STORE|MSG_DONT_WRAP,
+               MT_COMM|MT_FAR|MSG_DONT_STORE|MSG_DONT_WRAP|MSG_ALERT,
                MA_CHANNEL"." + lower_case(channel), 0, sender);
   }
   return 0;