diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cef338383..1d06e2b82 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2009-04-10 10:24-EDT Gregory John Casamento <greg_casamento@yahoo.com>
+
+	* Source/NSAlert.m: in the method _initWithoutGModel add a call
+	to setLevel: to set the level to NSModalPanelWindowLevel.   This was
+	not previously being done and was causing alert panels to get lost 
+	behind other application windows.
+
 2009-04-10 01:32-EDT Gregory John Casamento <greg_casamento@yahoo.com>
 
 	* Source/NSMenuView.m: Removed adjustment to Y coords in the
diff --git a/Source/NSAlert.m b/Source/NSAlert.m
index be9ee4f10..ccc1db4a7 100644
--- a/Source/NSAlert.m
+++ b/Source/NSAlert.m
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ setControl(NSView* content, id control, NSString *title)
     return nil;
 
   [self setTitle: @" "];
+  [self setLevel: NSModalPanelWindowLevel];
   content = [self contentView];
   
   // we're an ATTENTION panel, therefore: