--- src/image_filters.cc	Tue Nov 25 21:51:18 2003
+++ src/image_filters.cc	Sat Apr 10 00:48:34 2004
@@ -519,6 +519,7 @@
 GDKImageFilterRepository::GDKImageFilterRepository()
 {
 	printf( ">> image filter repository created\n" );
+	selected_filter = NULL;
 
 	// Register an instance of each object (adapting raw filters to GDK filters where necessary)
 	Register( new ImageFilterKeep() );
