diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c43c16a773..39a4e8dd17 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Fri Jul  2 18:05:44 1999  Owen Taylor  <otaylor@redhat.com>
+
+	* plug-ins/ifscompose/ifscompose_storage.c (parse_genuine_float):
+	Fix bug with negative values.
+
 Tue Aug  3 18:13:47 CEST 1999  Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
 
         * app/interface.c: Display multi-line messages left-justified
diff --git a/plug-ins/ifscompose/ifscompose.c b/plug-ins/ifscompose/ifscompose.c
index c05b5408df..06d9d17c8a 100644
--- a/plug-ins/ifscompose/ifscompose.c
+++ b/plug-ins/ifscompose/ifscompose.c
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ run (char    *name,
   if ((status == STATUS_SUCCESS) &&
       (gimp_drawable_color (active_drawable->id) || gimp_drawable_gray (active_drawable->id)))
     {
-      /*  set the tile cache size so that the gaussian blur works well  */
+      /*  set the tile cache size so that the operation works well  */
       gimp_tile_cache_ntiles (2 * (MAX (active_drawable->width, active_drawable->height) /
 				   gimp_tile_width () + 1));
 
diff --git a/plug-ins/ifscompose/ifscompose_storage.c b/plug-ins/ifscompose/ifscompose_storage.c
index edb88486f7..8882164f07 100644
--- a/plug-ins/ifscompose/ifscompose_storage.c
+++ b/plug-ins/ifscompose/ifscompose_storage.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ parse_genuine_float (GScanner *scanner, gdouble *result)
 
   if (token == G_TOKEN_FLOAT)
     {
-      *result = scanner->value.v_float;
+      *result = negate ? -scanner->value.v_float : scanner->value.v_float;
       return G_TOKEN_NONE;
     }
   else