diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9251d6136..82986783d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-02-11  Anders Carlsson  <andersca@gnu.org>
+
+	* src/theme-parser.c (parse_toplevel_element): Always set 
+	title_scale_val.
+
 2002-02-11  Bastien Nocera  <hadess@hadess.net>
 
 	* src/theme-viewer.c: (main): change default theme to be Atlanta
diff --git a/src/theme-parser.c b/src/theme-parser.c
index 45006157b..ff66a9ebd 100644
--- a/src/theme-parser.c
+++ b/src/theme-parser.c
@@ -776,8 +776,7 @@ parse_toplevel_element (GMarkupParseContext  *context,
       if (has_title) /* only if explicit, otherwise inherit */
         info->layout->has_title = has_title_val;
 
-      if (title_scale)
-        info->layout->title_scale = title_scale_val;
+      info->layout->title_scale = title_scale_val;
       
       meta_theme_insert_layout (info->theme, name, info->layout);