diff --git a/Lib/bdb.py b/Lib/bdb.py
index 572e591..460f0d4 100644
--- a/Lib/bdb.py
+++ b/Lib/bdb.py
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@
                self.is_skipped_module(frame.f_globals.get('__name__')):
             return False
         if frame is self.stopframe:
+            if self.stoplineno == -1:
+                return False
             return frame.f_lineno >= self.stoplineno
         while frame is not None and frame is not self.stopframe:
             if frame is self.botframe:
@@ -165,10 +167,12 @@
         but only if we are to stop at or just below this level."""
         pass
 
-    def _set_stopinfo(self, stopframe, returnframe, stoplineno=-1):
+    def _set_stopinfo(self, stopframe, returnframe, stoplineno=0):
         self.stopframe = stopframe
         self.returnframe = returnframe
         self.quitting = 0
+        # stoplineno >= 0 means: stop at line >= the stoplineno
+        # stoplineno -1 means: don't stop at all
         self.stoplineno = stoplineno
 
     # Derived classes and clients can call the following methods
@@ -184,7 +188,7 @@
 
     def set_step(self):
         """Stop after one line of code."""
-        self._set_stopinfo(None,None)
+        self._set_stopinfo(None, None)
 
     def set_next(self, frame):
         """Stop on the next line in or below the given frame."""
@@ -211,7 +215,7 @@
 
     def set_continue(self):
         # Don't stop except at breakpoints or when finished
-        self._set_stopinfo(self.botframe, None)
+        self._set_stopinfo(self.botframe, None, -1)
         if not self.breaks:
             # no breakpoints; run without debugger overhead
             sys.settrace(None)