diff --git a/docs/about/Authors.rst b/docs/about/Authors.rst
index 07909b15c..75b9eb4f7 100644
--- a/docs/about/Authors.rst
+++ b/docs/about/Authors.rst
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Ariphaos                Ariphaos
 arzyu                   arzyu
 Atkana                  Atkana
 AtomicChicken           AtomicChicken
+Batt Mush               hobotron-df
 Bearskie                Bearskie
 belal                   jimhester
 Ben Lubar               BenLubar
diff --git a/docs/changelog.txt b/docs/changelog.txt
index f91c39c58..5f147de55 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ changelog.txt uses a syntax similar to RST, with a few special sequences:
 ## Fixes
 -@ `nestboxes`: fixed bug causing nestboxes themselves to be forbidden, which prevented citizens from using them to lay eggs. Now only eggs are forbidden.
 - `autobutcher`: implemented work-around for Dwarf Fortress not setting nicknames properly, so that nicknames created in the in-game interface are detected & protect animals from being butchered properly. Note that nicknames for unnamed units are not currently saved by dwarf fortress - use ``enable fix/protect-nicks`` to fix any nicknames created/removed within dwarf fortress so they can be saved/reloaded when you reload the game.
+- `autodump`: changed behaviour to only change `dump` and `forbid` flags if an item is successfully dumped.
 
 ## Misc Improvements
 
diff --git a/plugins/autodump.cpp b/plugins/autodump.cpp
index 61e83d63e..2514dd91a 100644
--- a/plugins/autodump.cpp
+++ b/plugins/autodump.cpp
@@ -396,18 +396,22 @@ static command_result autodump_main(color_ostream &out, vector <string> & parame
         if (!need_forbidden && itm->flags.bits.forbid)
             continue;
 
-        if(!destroy) // move to cursor
+        if (!destroy) // move to cursor
         {
-            // Change flags to indicate the dump was completed, as if by super-dwarfs
-            itm->flags.bits.dump = false;
-            itm->flags.bits.forbid = true;
-
             // Don't move items if they're already at the cursor
             if (pos_cursor != pos_item)
             {
-                if (!Items::moveToGround(MC, itm, pos_cursor))
+                if (Items::moveToGround(MC, itm, pos_cursor))
+                {
+                    // Change flags to indicate the dump was completed, as if by super-dwarfs
+                    itm->flags.bits.dump = false;
+                    itm->flags.bits.forbid = true;
+                }
+                else
+                {
                     out.print("Could not move item: %s\n",
-                              Items::getDescription(itm, 0, true).c_str());
+                        Items::getDescription(itm, 0, true).c_str());
+                }
             }
         }
         else // destroy