diff --git a/capplets/appearance/ChangeLog b/capplets/appearance/ChangeLog
index a23bd72bf..87444789d 100644
--- a/capplets/appearance/ChangeLog
+++ b/capplets/appearance/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-05-11  Denis Washington  <denisw@svn.nome.org>
+
+	* appearance-desktop.c: (desktop_init):
+	Fix the background list not being saved when closing the capplet window.
+
 2007-05-10  Denis Washington  <denisw@svn.nome.org>
 
 	* appearance.h:
diff --git a/capplets/appearance/appearance-desktop.c b/capplets/appearance/appearance-desktop.c
index 708765735..4f910df42 100644
--- a/capplets/appearance/appearance-desktop.c
+++ b/capplets/appearance/appearance-desktop.c
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ desktop_init (AppearanceData *data)
                                                  G_TYPE_STRING,
                                                  G_TYPE_STRING));
 
-  g_signal_connect_after (G_OBJECT (glade_xml_get_widget (data->xml, "appearance_window")), "delete-event",
+  g_signal_connect_after (G_OBJECT (glade_xml_get_widget (data->xml, "appearance_window")), "response",
                           G_CALLBACK (wp_tree_delete_event), data);
 
   data->wp_view = GTK_ICON_VIEW (glade_xml_get_widget (data->xml, "wp_view"));