diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cdd2876399..1c52acd0f5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2001-04-29  Garry R. Osgood  <grosgood@rcn.com>
+	* plug-ins/plugin-helper/plugin-helper.c
+	extensions don't have parameters,
+	but helper_run() was asking anyway -
+	and segfaulting. Commented out
+	line for now; everything still seems
+	prototypical in Plug In Helper Land.
+	
 2001-04-29  Michael Natterer  <mitch@gimp.org>
 
 	* app/gimplayer.[ch]: added a "linked_changed" signal and emit it
diff --git a/plug-ins/plugin-helper/plugin-helper.c b/plug-ins/plugin-helper/plugin-helper.c
index 7cb34191ac..66c724c7e0 100644
--- a/plug-ins/plugin-helper/plugin-helper.c
+++ b/plug-ins/plugin-helper/plugin-helper.c
@@ -83,7 +83,11 @@ helper_run (gchar * name,
 
   g_message ("run called %s", name);
 
-  run_mode = param[0].data.d_int32;
+  /* No parameters have been defined: asking for one */
+  /* seg-faults, since param[0] == NULL              */
+  /* See helper_query                       -garo-   */
+   
+  /* run_mode = param[0].data.d_int32; */
 
   *nreturn_vals = 1;
   *return_vals = values;