diff --git a/capplets/mouse/ChangeLog b/capplets/mouse/ChangeLog
index 20312a23b..6b7a0cc6c 100644
--- a/capplets/mouse/ChangeLog
+++ b/capplets/mouse/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2001-07-27  Bradford Hovinen  <hovinen@ximian.com>
 
+	* mouse-properties.xml: Change type of right-to-left to ulong
+
+	* mouse-properties-capplet.c (apply_settings): Use get_ulong
+	rather than get_boolean
+
 	* RELEASE : 1.5.2
 
 2001-07-25  Chema Celorio  <chema@celorio.com>
diff --git a/capplets/mouse/gnome-mouse-properties.c b/capplets/mouse/gnome-mouse-properties.c
index c679260bd..921a64a36 100644
--- a/capplets/mouse/gnome-mouse-properties.c
+++ b/capplets/mouse/gnome-mouse-properties.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ apply_settings (Bonobo_ConfigDatabase db)
 	ulong accel, threshold;
         gboolean rtol;
 
-        rtol = bonobo_config_get_boolean (db, "/main/right-to-left", NULL);
+        rtol = bonobo_config_get_ulong (db, "/main/right-to-left", NULL);
 
         nbuttons = XGetPointerMapping (GDK_DISPLAY (), buttons, MAX_BUTTONS);
         max = MIN (nbuttons, 3);
diff --git a/capplets/mouse/mouse-properties-capplet.c b/capplets/mouse/mouse-properties-capplet.c
index c679260bd..921a64a36 100644
--- a/capplets/mouse/mouse-properties-capplet.c
+++ b/capplets/mouse/mouse-properties-capplet.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ apply_settings (Bonobo_ConfigDatabase db)
 	ulong accel, threshold;
         gboolean rtol;
 
-        rtol = bonobo_config_get_boolean (db, "/main/right-to-left", NULL);
+        rtol = bonobo_config_get_ulong (db, "/main/right-to-left", NULL);
 
         nbuttons = XGetPointerMapping (GDK_DISPLAY (), buttons, MAX_BUTTONS);
         max = MIN (nbuttons, 3);
diff --git a/capplets/mouse/mouse-properties.xml b/capplets/mouse/mouse-properties.xml
index ce4fe716f..6c6fd549a 100644
--- a/capplets/mouse/mouse-properties.xml
+++ b/capplets/mouse/mouse-properties.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <bonobo-config>
   <section path="main">
-    <entry name="right-to-left" type="boolean" value="0"/>
+    <entry name="right-to-left" type="ulong" value="0"/>
     <entry name="acceleration" type="ulong" value="3"/>
     <entry name="threshold" type="ulong" value="3"/>
   </section>