diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7fbf26b..7b4ded8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-01-21  Mike Newman  <mike@gtnorthern.demon.co.uk>
+
+	* src/text.c: fix a bug where a textbuffer was only being
+	associated with the textview if we had a filename to read in.
+
 2003-01-21  Abel Cheung  <maddog@linux.org.hk>
 
 	* configure.in: Added "zh_TW" (traditional Chinese) to ALL_LINGUAS.
diff --git a/src/text.c b/src/text.c
index 7601fd9..4efa4bf 100644
--- a/src/text.c
+++ b/src/text.c
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ zenity_text (ZenityData *data, ZenityTextData *text_data)
 
 	text_buffer = gtk_text_buffer_new (NULL);
 	text_view = glade_xml_get_widget (glade_dialog, "zenity_text_view");
-	if (zenity_util_fill_file_buffer (text_buffer, text_data->uri))
-		gtk_text_view_set_buffer (GTK_TEXT_VIEW (text_view), text_buffer);
+	gtk_text_view_set_buffer (GTK_TEXT_VIEW (text_view), text_buffer);
 	gtk_text_view_set_editable (GTK_TEXT_VIEW(text_view), text_data->editable);
 	if (text_data->editable) {
 		zen_text_data->buffer = text_buffer;