diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9d8ae5bbf8..de33ea387e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-10-06  Chris Toshok  <toshok@helixcode.com>
+
+	* art/empty.xpm: make it transparent instead of white.
+
 2000-10-06  Christophe Merlet  <christophe@merlet.net>
 
 	* *.desktop: Added french strings.
diff --git a/art/empty.xpm b/art/empty.xpm
index 93b02c0164..aca06618b1 100644
--- a/art/empty.xpm
+++ b/art/empty.xpm
@@ -3,19 +3,19 @@ static char * empty_xpm[] = {
 "16 16 2 1",
 " 	c None",
 ".	c #FFFFFF",
-"................",
-"................",
-"................",
-"................",
-"................",
-"................",
-"................",
-"................",
-"................",
-"................",
-"................",
-"................",
-"................",
-"................",
-"................",
-"................"};
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+"                "};