diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1f6ba98..e6edf9b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 2003-06-13  Mike Newman  <mikegtn@gnome.org>
 
+	* src/progress.c: allow \t and \n in text updated via '#' lines.
 	* src/about.c: fixed my email address.
 
 2003-06-10  Mike Newman  <mikegtn@gnome.org>
diff --git a/src/progress.c b/src/progress.c
index e07039b..c7ab5cf 100644
--- a/src/progress.c
+++ b/src/progress.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ zenity_progress_handle_stdin (GIOChannel   *channel,
         /* We have a comment, so let's try to change the label */
         match = g_strstr_len (string->str, strlen (string->str), "#");
         match++;
-        gtk_label_set_text (GTK_LABEL (progress_label), g_strchomp (g_strchug (match)));
+        gtk_label_set_text (GTK_LABEL (progress_label), g_strcompress(g_strchomp (g_strchug (match))));
       } else {
 
         if (!g_ascii_isdigit (*(string->str)))