diff -r 4a25113cb2a4 -r a3542e78ecd8 src/lib/cache.c
--- a/src/lib/cache.c	Sun Jan 24 23:17:10 2010 +0200
+++ b/src/lib/cache.c	Sun Jan 24 23:20:39 2010 +0200
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
         
         // skip background-colored regions to keep the cache file sparse
         // ...in blocks of PT_CACHE_BLOCK_SIZE bytes
-        for (size_t col_base = 0; col_base < cache->header->width; ){
+        for (size_t col_base = 0; col_base < cache->header->width; col_base += PT_CACHE_BLOCK_SIZE) {
             // size of this block in bytes
             size_t block_size = min(PT_CACHE_BLOCK_SIZE * cache->header->col_bytes, cache->header->row_bytes - col_base);