diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index c4c65d1e6c..6af8ff0f23 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-01-17  Dekel Tsur  <dekelts@tau.ac.il>
+
+	* lyxrc.C (setDefaults): Correct initialization value for
+ 	font_norm_type.
+
 2001-01-15  Dekel Tsur  <dekelts@tau.ac.il>
 
 	* BufferView2.C (gotoInset): New method. Replaces gotoNote() and
diff --git a/src/lyxrc.C b/src/lyxrc.C
index 58eda541fb..bc105fa0ea 100644
--- a/src/lyxrc.C
+++ b/src/lyxrc.C
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ void LyXRC::setDefaults() {
 	menu_font_name = "-*-helvetica-bold-r";
 	popup_font_name = "-*-helvetica-medium-r";
 	font_norm = "iso8859-1";
-	font_norm_type = OTHER_ENCODING;
+	font_norm_type = ISO_8859_1;
 	font_norm_menu = "";
 	override_x_deadkeys = true;
 	autosave = 300;