diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 4aac0bc441..51104d780e 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-07-10  Angus Leeming  <leeming@lyx.org>
+
+	* lyxrc.[Ch]: preview_scale_factor should be a float not an int.
+
 2002-07-09  Angus Leeming  <leeming@lyx.org>
 
 	* lyxrc.[Ch]: added preview_hashed_labels and preview_scale_factor.
diff --git a/src/lyxrc.C b/src/lyxrc.C
index d089fce6fd..e75b78aab8 100644
--- a/src/lyxrc.C
+++ b/src/lyxrc.C
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ int LyXRC::read(string const & filename)
 
 		case RC_PREVIEW_SCALE_FACTOR:
 			if (lexrc.next())
-				preview_hashed_labels = lexrc.getInteger();
+				preview_scale_factor = lexrc.getFloat();
 			break;
 
 		case RC_LAST: break; // this is just a dummy
diff --git a/src/lyxrc.h b/src/lyxrc.h
index 71be05a29c..ba1a8beb61 100644
--- a/src/lyxrc.h
+++ b/src/lyxrc.h
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ enum LyXRCTags {
 	///
 	bool preview_hashed_labels;
 	///
-	int preview_scale_factor;
+	float preview_scale_factor;
 	
 private:
 	/// Is a bind file already (or currently) read?