diff --git a/vfs-methods/themus/ChangeLog b/vfs-methods/themus/ChangeLog
index 750c26cf2..90fa32186 100644
--- a/vfs-methods/themus/ChangeLog
+++ b/vfs-methods/themus/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-06-06  Andrew Sobala  <aes@gnome.org>
+
+	* theme-method.c: fix from Rajkumar Sivasamy (originally for control-
+	center) for extracting themes under default solaris install. WE NEED
+	VFS SUPPORT FOR ARCHIVES! ;-)
+
 2003-06-03  Andrew Sobala  <aes@gnome.org>
 
 	* themus-properties-view.c: fix description word wrapping 
diff --git a/vfs-methods/themus/theme-method.c b/vfs-methods/themus/theme-method.c
index a056cf26e..78c6a9817 100644
--- a/vfs-methods/themus/theme-method.c
+++ b/vfs-methods/themus/theme-method.c
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ transfer_done_targz_idle_cb (gpointer data)
 	gchar *path = data;
 
 	/* this should be something more clever and nonblocking */
-	command = g_strdup_printf ("sh -c 'gzip -d -c < \"%s\" | tar xf - -C \"%s/.themes\"'",
-				   path, g_get_home_dir ());
+	command = g_strdup_printf ("sh -c 'cd \"%s/.themes\"; gzip -d -c < \"%s\" | tar xf -'",
+				   g_get_home_dir (), path);
 	if (g_spawn_command_line_sync (command, NULL, NULL, &status, NULL) && status == 0)
 		gnome_vfs_unlink (path);
 	g_free (command);
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ transfer_done_tarbz2_idle_cb (gpointer data)
 	gchar *path = data;
 
 	/* this should be something more clever and nonblocking */
-	command = g_strdup_printf ("sh -c 'bzip2 -d -c < \"%s\" | tar xf - -C \"%s/.themes\"'",
-				   path, g_get_home_dir ());
+	command = g_strdup_printf ("sh -c 'cd \"%s/.themes\"; bzip2 -d -c < \"%s\" | tar xf -'",
+				   g_get_home_dir (), path);
 	if (g_spawn_command_line_sync (command, NULL, NULL, &status, NULL) && status == 0)
 		gnome_vfs_unlink (path);
 	g_free (command);