diff --git a/src/surfMesh/surfaceFormats/starcd/STARCDsurfaceFormatCore.C b/src/surfMesh/surfaceFormats/starcd/STARCDsurfaceFormatCore.C
index 906bcf340e..80db186628 100644
--- a/src/surfMesh/surfaceFormats/starcd/STARCDsurfaceFormatCore.C
+++ b/src/surfMesh/surfaceFormats/starcd/STARCDsurfaceFormatCore.C
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   =========                 |
   \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
    \\    /   O peration     |
-    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 1991-2009 OpenCFD Ltd.
+    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 1991-2010 OpenCFD Ltd.
      \\/     M anipulation  |
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 License
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ void Foam::fileFormats::STARCDsurfaceFormatCore::writeCase
 
     forAll(zoneLst, zoneI)
     {
-        os  << "ctable " << zoneI + 1 << " shell" << nl
+        os  << "ctable " << zoneI + 1 << " shell" << " ,,,,,," << nl
             << "ctname " << zoneI + 1 << " "
             << zoneLst[zoneI].name() << nl;
     }