diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 77556d77a..e492688f3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-01-25  Balamurali Viswanathan <balamurali.viswanathan@wipro.com>
+ 
+ 	* src/prefs.c (meta_prefs_init): Get gconf to load the
+ 	terminal dir so that we get the notifications when
+ 	the command is changed. Fixes bug #160934
+ 
 2005-01-25  Elijah Newren  <newren@gmail.com>
 
 	Refuse to focus a window with a modal transient, and focus the
diff --git a/src/prefs.c b/src/prefs.c
index 655ba1ee5..aa88f37b0 100644
--- a/src/prefs.c
+++ b/src/prefs.c
@@ -310,6 +310,11 @@ meta_prefs_init (void)
                         &err);
   cleanup_error (&err);
 
+  gconf_client_add_dir (default_client, "/desktop/gnome/applications/terminal",
+                        GCONF_CLIENT_PRELOAD_RECURSIVE,
+                        &err);
+  cleanup_error (&err);
+
   str_val = gconf_client_get_string (default_client, KEY_MOUSE_BUTTON_MODS,
                                      &err);
   cleanup_error (&err);