diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 4eba9c37d..da9ca1425 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2005-09-20  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/ImgManip.py: update thumbnail if out of date
+
 2005-09-20  Alex Roitman  <shura@gramps-project.org>
 	* INSTALL: Provide correct examples for the local install.
 	* gramps.sh.in: Revert escaping the arguments, as this lumps all
diff --git a/gramps2/src/ImgManip.py b/gramps2/src/ImgManip.py
index 09388f692..9730039eb 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/ImgManip.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/ImgManip.py
@@ -142,9 +142,12 @@ def set_thumbnail_image(path,mtype=None):
 
 def get_thumbnail_image(path,mtype=None):
     filename = _build_thumb_path(path)
-    if not os.path.isfile(filename):
-        set_thumbnail_image(path,mtype)
+
     try:
+        if not os.path.isfile(filename):
+            set_thumbnail_image(path,mtype)
+        elif os.path.getmtime(path) > os.path.getmtime(filename):
+            set_thumbnail_image(path,mtype)
         return gtk.gdk.pixbuf_new_from_file(filename)
     except gobject.GError:
         if mtype:
@@ -155,6 +158,5 @@ def get_thumbnail_image(path,mtype=None):
 def get_thumbnail_path(path,mtype=None):
     filename = _build_thumb_path(path)
     if not os.path.isfile(filename):
-        print "setting",filename
         set_thumbnail_image(path,mtype)
     return filename