diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 44f15922da..cb8f3dd402 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sat Mar  6 03:04:31 MET 1999 Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* app/gdisplay.c: correctly initialize the zoom indicator
+	in the title and the statusbar
+
 Fri Mar  5 21:45:39 GMT 1999 Andy Thomas <alt@picnic.demon.co.uk>
 
 	This is a bit of a biggy. Added paths to layers & channels 
diff --git a/app/core/gimpprojection.c b/app/core/gimpprojection.c
index a61cc0c065..54d82626be 100644
--- a/app/core/gimpprojection.c
+++ b/app/core/gimpprojection.c
@@ -130,7 +130,10 @@ gdisplay_new (GimpImage    *gimage,
   /*  create the shell for the image  */
   create_display_shell (gdisp, gimage->width, gimage->height,
 			title, gimage_base_type (gimage));
-  
+
+  /* update the title to correct the initially displayed scale */
+  gdisplay_update_title (gdisp);
+
   /*  set the gdisplay colormap type and install the appropriate colormap  */
   gdisp->color_type = (gimage_base_type (gimage) == GRAY) ? GRAY : RGB;
 
diff --git a/app/display/gimpdisplay.c b/app/display/gimpdisplay.c
index a61cc0c065..54d82626be 100644
--- a/app/display/gimpdisplay.c
+++ b/app/display/gimpdisplay.c
@@ -130,7 +130,10 @@ gdisplay_new (GimpImage    *gimage,
   /*  create the shell for the image  */
   create_display_shell (gdisp, gimage->width, gimage->height,
 			title, gimage_base_type (gimage));
-  
+
+  /* update the title to correct the initially displayed scale */
+  gdisplay_update_title (gdisp);
+
   /*  set the gdisplay colormap type and install the appropriate colormap  */
   gdisp->color_type = (gimage_base_type (gimage) == GRAY) ? GRAY : RGB;
 
diff --git a/app/gdisplay.c b/app/gdisplay.c
index a61cc0c065..54d82626be 100644
--- a/app/gdisplay.c
+++ b/app/gdisplay.c
@@ -130,7 +130,10 @@ gdisplay_new (GimpImage    *gimage,
   /*  create the shell for the image  */
   create_display_shell (gdisp, gimage->width, gimage->height,
 			title, gimage_base_type (gimage));
-  
+
+  /* update the title to correct the initially displayed scale */
+  gdisplay_update_title (gdisp);
+
   /*  set the gdisplay colormap type and install the appropriate colormap  */
   gdisp->color_type = (gimage_base_type (gimage) == GRAY) ? GRAY : RGB;