diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b8bc060753..e562f8fffb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Thur Jun 3 9:06:00 CST 1999 Seth Burgess <sjburges@gimp.org>
+
+	* plug-ins/script-fu/scripts/drop-shadow.scm: you can't
+	use gimp-edit-fill until you've attached the drawable to 
+	an image.
+	
 Thur Jun 3 1:43:00 CST 1999 Seth Burgess <sjburges@gimp.org>
 
 	* app/indicator_area.[ch]
diff --git a/plug-ins/script-fu/scripts/drop-shadow.scm b/plug-ins/script-fu/scripts/drop-shadow.scm
index 00bb37af11..0da28223d2 100644
--- a/plug-ins/script-fu/scripts/drop-shadow.scm
+++ b/plug-ins/script-fu/scripts/drop-shadow.scm
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@
 ; Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 ;
 ;
-; drop-shadow.scm   version 1.02   12/13/97
+; drop-shadow.scm   version 1.03   06/03/99 
 ;
 ; CHANGE-LOG:
 ; 1.00 - initial release
 ; 1.01 - fixed the problem with a remaining copy of the selection
 ; 1.02 - some code cleanup, no real changes
+; 1.03 - can't call gimp-edit-fill until layer is added to image!
 ;
 ;
 ; Copyright (C) 1997 Sven Neumann (neumanns@uni-duesseldorf.de)
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@
 					    "Drop-Shadow"
 					    shadow-opacity
 					    NORMAL)))
+   (gimp-image-add-layer image shadow-layer -1)
     (gimp-layer-set-offsets shadow-layer
 			    shadow-offset-x
 			    shadow-offset-y))
@@ -135,7 +137,6 @@
 					   shadow-blur
 					   TRUE
 					   TRUE))
-  (gimp-image-add-layer image shadow-layer -1)
   (gimp-layer-translate shadow-layer shadow-transl-x shadow-transl-y)
 
   (if (= from-selection TRUE)