diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e7b1ac5400..5bea30eb77 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-06-10  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* app/config/gimpguiconfig.c (DEFAULT_WEB_BROWSER): reverted
+	change for bug #522483. 'xdg-open' doesn't do the right thing for
+	file:/// URIs.
+
 2008-06-10  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
 
 	* app/core/gimp-gui.[ch]
diff --git a/app/config/gimpguiconfig.c b/app/config/gimpguiconfig.c
index e52a9e2587..2f5b48a471 100644
--- a/app/config/gimpguiconfig.c
+++ b/app/config/gimpguiconfig.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 #elif HAVE_CARBON
 #  define DEFAULT_WEB_BROWSER      "open %s"
 #else
-#  define DEFAULT_WEB_BROWSER      "xdg-open %s"
+#  define DEFAULT_WEB_BROWSER      "firefox %s"
 #endif