diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4a2dd1b9e2..347c059cad 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-03-21  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* app/core/gimptemplate.c: increased the size of the default image
+	(to the next Fibonacci number for the development version and to
+	640x480 for GIMP 2.6).
+
 2008-03-21  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
 
 	* etc/controllerrc: bind Alt-Cursor Key to tools-value-1 instead
diff --git a/app/core/gimptemplate.c b/app/core/gimptemplate.c
index 5db8ec608d..a50bf7e095 100644
--- a/app/core/gimptemplate.c
+++ b/app/core/gimptemplate.c
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@
  */
 
 #ifdef GIMP_UNSTABLE
-#define DEFAULT_IMAGE_WIDTH   377
-#define DEFAULT_IMAGE_HEIGHT  233
+#define DEFAULT_IMAGE_WIDTH   610
+#define DEFAULT_IMAGE_HEIGHT  377
 #else
-#define DEFAULT_IMAGE_WIDTH   420
-#define DEFAULT_IMAGE_HEIGHT  300
+#define DEFAULT_IMAGE_WIDTH   600
+#define DEFAULT_IMAGE_HEIGHT  480
 #endif
 
 #define DEFAULT_RESOLUTION    72.0