diff --git a/Doc/changelog.docu b/Doc/changelog.docu
index 4d890368..3145dc80 100644
--- a/Doc/changelog.docu
+++ b/Doc/changelog.docu
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
 <li>Add halfedge loop range corresponding to hl_iter()</li>
 </ul>
 
+<b>IO</b>
+<ul>
+<li>STL Reader: Change stl reader behaviour on extension .stl , Don't check for the solid keyword explicitly</li>
+</ul>
+
 <b>Build System</b>
 <ul>
 <li>Dropped 32-bit Windows continuous integration and artifact builds.</li>
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/reader/STLReader.cc b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/reader/STLReader.cc
index e8d5dd85..1964d194 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/reader/STLReader.cc
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/reader/STLReader.cc
@@ -468,7 +468,6 @@ check_stl_type(const std::string& _filename) const
    fread(dummy, 1, 80, in);
    size_t nT = read_int(in, swapFlag);
 
-
    // compute file size from nT
    size_t binary_size = 84 + nT*50;