diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d1cf803..36f1cc1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-03-17  Lucas Rocha  <lucasr@gnome.org>
+
+	* src/scale.c (zenity_scale): set value range before setting value 
+	in order to correctly set initial state (Fixes bug #521574).
+
 2007-03-17  Lucas Rocha  <lucasr@gnome.org>
 
 	* src/option.c: added comment on a string in order clarify its
diff --git a/src/scale.c b/src/scale.c
index 91b0ef5..d69bd8a 100644
--- a/src/scale.c
+++ b/src/scale.c
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ zenity_scale (ZenityData *data, ZenityScaleData *scale_data)
   if (scale_data->dialog_text) 
     gtk_label_set_markup (GTK_LABEL (text), g_strcompress (scale_data->dialog_text));
 
-  gtk_range_set_value (GTK_RANGE (scale), scale_data->value);
   gtk_range_set_range (GTK_RANGE (scale), scale_data->min_value, scale_data->max_value);
+  gtk_range_set_value (GTK_RANGE (scale), scale_data->value);
   gtk_range_set_increments (GTK_RANGE (scale), scale_data->step, 0);
 
   if (scale_data->print_partial)