diff --git a/games/dopewars/files/patch-Makefile.in b/games/dopewars/files/patch-Makefile.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0cddc213f10b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/dopewars/files/patch-Makefile.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+$FreeBSD$
+
+--- Makefile.in	2001/10/30 18:46:00	1.14
++++ Makefile.in	2001/10/30 20:44:26	1.15
+@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@
+ 	@chgrp games ${SCORE} || chgrp wheel ${SCORE} || \
+ 	  echo "Unable to change group ownership of the high score file"
+ 	chmod 0660 ${SCORE}
++	src/dopewars -C ${SCORE}
+ 	${mkinstalldirs} ${DESKTOPDIR}
+ 	${INSTALL} -m 0644 ${DESKTOP} ${DESKTOPDIR}
+ 
diff --git a/games/dopewars/pkg-plist b/games/dopewars/pkg-plist
index 70c5c41489df..0549f3024220 100644
--- a/games/dopewars/pkg-plist
+++ b/games/dopewars/pkg-plist
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ bin/dopewars
 %%PORTDOCS%%share/doc/%%DOPEWARS%%/servercommands.html
 %%PORTDOCS%%share/doc/%%DOPEWARS%%/windows.html
 share/dopewars/dopewars.sco
+@unexec if [ ! -s %D/share/dopewars/dopewars.sco.bak ]; then rm -f %D/share/dopewars/dopewars.sco.bak; fi
 share/dopewars/pixmaps/dopewars-pill.png
 share/dopewars/pixmaps/dopewars-shot.png
 share/dopewars/pixmaps/dopewars-weed.png