diff --git a/blam-fix-THEME_DIR-path.patch b/blam-fix-THEME_DIR-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7d3e7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blam-fix-THEME_DIR-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- src/Defines.cs.in.old	2007-05-30 22:04:49.000000000 -0700
++++ src/Defines.cs.in	2007-05-30 22:05:23.000000000 -0700
+@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
+ 	public static string THEME_DIR = APP_DATADIR + "/themes";
+ 	public static string PERSONAL_THEME_DIR = APP_HOMEDIR + "/themes";
+ 	// search for installed themes in APP_HOMEDIR/html ...   (mo)
+-	public static string DEFAULT_THEME = THEME_DIR + "blam";
++	public static string DEFAULT_THEME = THEME_DIR + "/blam";
+ 
+ 	public static string THEME_INDEX_NAME = "theme.html";
+     }
diff --git a/blam.spec b/blam.spec
index 37a89a3..908db98 100644
--- a/blam.spec
+++ b/blam.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 ## Hopefully Mono and multilib will play nicely soon, but until then...
 %define	_libdir %{_prefix}/lib
-%define dbus_sharp_min_version 0.60
+%define	dbus_sharp_min_version 0.60
 
 Name:		blam
 Version:	1.8.3
-Release:	3%{?dist}
+Release:	4%{?dist}
 Summary:	An RSS/RDF feed reader
 
 Group:		Applications/Internet
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ URL:		http://www.cmartin.tk/blam.html
 Source0:	http://www.cmartin.tk/blam/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch0:		%{name}-fix-PrintJob-ambiguous-reference.patch
 Patch1:		%{name}-fedora-people-in-default-collection.patch
+Patch2:		%{name}-fix-THEME_DIR-path.patch
 
 BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ use and clean interface to stay up to date
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p0 -b .fix-PrintJob-ambiguous-reference-compile-error
 %patch1 -p0 -b .add-fedora-people-feed-to-default-collection.xml
+%patch2 -p0 -b .fix-THEME_DIR-path
 
 
 %build
@@ -116,6 +118,11 @@ update-desktop-database &> /dev/null ||:
 %{_mandir}/man?/%{name}.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed May 30 2007 Peter Gordon <peter@thecodergeek.com> - 1.8.3-4
+- Add a patch to fix the default theme directory search path to prevent crashes
+  at startup (fixes bug 241465):
+  + fix-THEME_DIR-path.patch
+
 * Fri Apr 06 2007 Peter Gordon <peter@thecodergeek.com> - 1.8.3-3
 - Add hard dependency on dbus-sharp, since it's not automatically picked up
   by RPM at build-time from the dbus-sharp-devel BuildRequires. (Thanks to