diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 75d9c5752..d0caed198 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-01-18  Adam Fedor  <fedor@gnu.org>
+
+	* Source/NSCachedImageRep.m: Make "ImageCompositing" on by default.
+	* Souce/NSImageRep.m: Likewise.
+
 Mon Jan 17  21:15:00 2000  Enrico Sersale <enrico@imago.ro>
 
 	* Source/NSBezierPath.m (-elementTypeAtIndex:associatedPoints:]):
diff --git a/Source/NSCachedImageRep.m b/Source/NSCachedImageRep.m
index f8ca0bf23..d99193ee0 100644
--- a/Source/NSCachedImageRep.m
+++ b/Source/NSCachedImageRep.m
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #include <AppKit/NSWindow.h>
 #include <AppKit/PSOperators.h>
 
-static BOOL NSImageCompositing = NO;
+static BOOL NSImageCompositing = YES;
 
 @interface GSCacheW : NSWindow
 @end
@@ -75,8 +75,10 @@ static BOOL NSImageCompositing = NO;
 
 - (void) initialize
 {
-  NSImageCompositing = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]
-  	boolForKey: @"ImageCompositing"];
+  id obj = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]
+  	stringForKey: @"ImageCompositing"];
+  if (obj)
+    NSImageCompositing = [obj boolValue];
 }
 
 // Initializing an NSCachedImageRep 
diff --git a/Source/NSImageRep.m b/Source/NSImageRep.m
index 15afcecca..9d6f6ac1a 100644
--- a/Source/NSImageRep.m
+++ b/Source/NSImageRep.m
@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@ static NSMutableArray*	imageReps = NULL;
      them can load in data from an external source. */
   if (self == [NSImageRep class])
     {
+      id obj;
       imageReps = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity: 2];
-      if ([[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] 
-      		boolForKey: @"ImageCompositing"])
+      obj = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] 
+      		stringForKey: @"ImageCompositing"];
+      if (!obj || [obj boolValue] == YES)
         [imageReps addObject: [NSBitmapImageRep class]];
       //      [imageReps addObject: [NSEPSImageRep class]];
     }