diff --git a/stepmania/src/NotesWriterSM.cpp b/stepmania/src/NotesWriterSM.cpp
index a10264bbe0..00bcdd4e09 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/NotesWriterSM.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/NotesWriterSM.cpp
@@ -90,16 +90,19 @@ void NotesWriterSM::WriteGlobalTags( RageFile &f, const Song &out )
 	}
 	f.PutLine( ";" );
 
-	f.Write( "#FGCHANGES:" );
-	for( i=0; i<out.m_ForegroundChanges.size(); i++ )
+	if( out.m_ForegroundChanges.size() )
 	{
-		const BackgroundChange &seg = out.m_ForegroundChanges[i];
+		f.Write( "#FGCHANGES:" );
+		for( i=0; i<out.m_ForegroundChanges.size(); i++ )
+		{
+			const BackgroundChange &seg = out.m_ForegroundChanges[i];
 
-		f.PutLine( ssprintf( "%.3f=%s=%.3f=%d=%d=%d", seg.m_fStartBeat, seg.m_sBGName.c_str(), seg.m_fRate, seg.m_bFadeLast, seg.m_bRewindMovie, seg.m_bLoop ) );
-		if( i != out.m_ForegroundChanges.size()-1 )
-			f.Write( "," );
+			f.PutLine( ssprintf( "%.3f=%s=%.3f=%d=%d=%d", seg.m_fStartBeat, seg.m_sBGName.c_str(), seg.m_fRate, seg.m_bFadeLast, seg.m_bRewindMovie, seg.m_bLoop ) );
+			if( i != out.m_ForegroundChanges.size()-1 )
+				f.Write( "," );
+		}
+		f.PutLine( ";" );
 	}
-	f.PutLine( ";" );
 }
 
 static void WriteLineList( RageFile &f, vector<CString> &lines, bool SkipLeadingBlankLines, bool OmitLastNewline )