diff --git a/doc/fixes36.2 b/doc/fixes36.2
index 5b5f058ce..a3e09411a 100644
--- a/doc/fixes36.2
+++ b/doc/fixes36.2
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ orctown: prevent Bad fruit #0 and some minor tuning
 make long extended commands list be more navigable
 simplify #wizidentify; don't rely on having bold menu entries
 ensure tmp_at() structures are initialized for all code paths when swallowed
+trapped-vs-levitation/flying change broke Sting releasing hero from web
 tty: turn off an optimization that is the suspected cause of Windows reported 
 	partial status lines following level changes
 tty: ensure that current status fields are always copied to prior status
diff --git a/src/hack.c b/src/hack.c
index 29261a968..0593bd683 100644
--- a/src/hack.c
+++ b/src/hack.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	hack.c	$NHDT-Date: 1518861490 2018/02/17 09:58:10 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.0 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.182 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	hack.c	$NHDT-Date: 1540591769 2018/10/26 22:09:29 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.194 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Derek S. Ray, 2015. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -1213,8 +1213,10 @@ struct trap *desttrap; /* nonnull if another trap at <x,y> */
         break;
     case TT_WEB:
         if (uwep && uwep->oartifact == ART_STING) {
+            /* escape trap but don't move and don't destroy it */
+            u.utrap = 0; /* caller will call reset_utrap() */
             pline("Sting cuts through the web!");
-            break; /* escape trap but don't move */
+            break;
         }
         if (--u.utrap) {
             if (flags.verbose) {