diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4ebf3b6733..f5196f9698 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-11-14  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* app/pdb/gimprc_cmds.c
+	* tools/pdbgen/pdb/gimprc.pdb: added a missing g_strdup() that caused
+	gimp_get_default_comment() to free the global default comment.
+
 2001-11-14  Michael Natterer  <mitch@gimp.org>
 
 	* app/tools/tool_manager.[ch]: added
diff --git a/app/pdb/gimprc_cmds.c b/app/pdb/gimprc_cmds.c
index bc63ef5d42..b894ed2019 100644
--- a/app/pdb/gimprc_cmds.c
+++ b/app/pdb/gimprc_cmds.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ get_default_comment_invoker (Gimp     *gimp,
   Argument *return_args;
   gchar *comment;
 
-  comment = gimp->config->default_comment;
+  comment = g_strdup (gimp->config->default_comment);
   success = TRUE;
 
   return_args = procedural_db_return_args (&get_default_comment_proc, success);
diff --git a/tools/pdbgen/pdb/gimprc.pdb b/tools/pdbgen/pdb/gimprc.pdb
index b9860e414b..b5e8462c61 100644
--- a/tools/pdbgen/pdb/gimprc.pdb
+++ b/tools/pdbgen/pdb/gimprc.pdb
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ sub get_default_comment {
     %invoke = (
 	code => <<'CODE'
 {
-  comment = gimp->config->default_comment;
+  comment = g_strdup (gimp->config->default_comment);
   success = TRUE;
 }
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