diff --git a/capplets/background/ChangeLog b/capplets/background/ChangeLog
index 1453ba0ec..980a17915 100644
--- a/capplets/background/ChangeLog
+++ b/capplets/background/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-01-08  Rodney Dawes  <dobey@novell.com>
+
+	* gnome-wp-capplet.c (wallpaper_properties_init): Preload the directory
+	rather than nothing when adding directories for gconf notification
+
 2005-01-08  Rodney Dawes  <dobey@novell.com>
 
 	* background.desktop.in.in: Add %F to Exec command line
diff --git a/capplets/background/gnome-wp-capplet.c b/capplets/background/gnome-wp-capplet.c
index 73ac09f30..db0714731 100644
--- a/capplets/background/gnome-wp-capplet.c
+++ b/capplets/background/gnome-wp-capplet.c
@@ -931,9 +931,9 @@ static void wallpaper_properties_init (poptContext ctx) {
 					 WP_DELAY_KEY,
 					 NULL);
   gconf_client_add_dir (capplet->client, WP_KEYBOARD_PATH,
-			GCONF_CLIENT_PRELOAD_NONE, NULL);
+			GCONF_CLIENT_PRELOAD_ONELEVEL, NULL);
   gconf_client_add_dir (capplet->client, WP_PATH_KEY,
-			GCONF_CLIENT_PRELOAD_NONE, NULL);
+			GCONF_CLIENT_PRELOAD_ONELEVEL, NULL);
 
   gconf_client_notify_add (capplet->client,
 			   WP_DELAY_KEY,