diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f4ab89674..25f9c17a2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 	system color list to not be loaded ... was using == for NSString
 	comparison where isEqual was needed.
 	Also reformatted to conform to coding standards.
+	* Source/NSColor.m: ([defaultsDidChange:]) Fixed to record plist	
+	defaults values as strings ... so colorFromString works to set system
+	colors.
 
 2001-04-18  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>
 
diff --git a/Source/NSColor.m b/Source/NSColor.m
index 947c1b072..1ee5c5ac3 100644
--- a/Source/NSColor.m
+++ b/Source/NSColor.m
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ systemColorWithName(NSString *name)
   enumerator = [colorStrings keyEnumerator];
   while ((key = [enumerator nextObject]) != nil)
     {
-      NSString	*def = [defs stringForKey: key];
+      NSString	*def = [[defs objectForKey: key] description];
 
       if (def != nil)
 	{