diff --git a/packages/models/weapons/knife/animations.cfg b/packages/models/weapons/knife/animations.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c487727
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/models/weapons/knife/animations.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// You need to specify 3 animations:
+// 1. idle
+// 2. shoot
+// 3. reload
+//
+// md3animation $first	$num	$loop	$fps
+
+md3animation	0	1	0	25
+md3animation	8	8	1	25
+md3animation	0	1	0	25
diff --git a/packages/models/weapons/knife/tris_high.md3 b/packages/models/weapons/knife/tris_high.md3
index d2ef605e..bfcb7acb 100644
Binary files a/packages/models/weapons/knife/tris_high.md3 and b/packages/models/weapons/knife/tris_high.md3 differ
diff --git a/source/src/rendermd3.cpp b/source/src/rendermd3.cpp
index 62807e22..5eb047be 100644
--- a/source/src/rendermd3.cpp
+++ b/source/src/rendermd3.cpp
@@ -337,8 +337,10 @@ COMMAND(md3skin, ARG_2STR);
 void md3animation(char *first, char *nums, char *loopings, char *fps) /* configurable animations */
 {
     md3animinfo &a = tmp_animations.add();
-    a.start = atoi(first);
-    a.end = a.start + atoi(nums) - 1;
+    a.start = atoi(first);
+    int n = atoi(nums);
+    if(n<=0) n = 1;
+    a.end = a.start + n - 1;
     (atoi(loopings) > 0) ? a.loop = true : a.loop = false;
     a.fps = atoi(fps);
 };