--- rxvt-unicode/src/command.C	2010/10/22 18:03:10	1.457
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/command.C	2010/11/18 17:28:12	1.458
@@ -3450,21 +3450,19 @@
 
             if (*str != ';')
               {
-                /* reset to default scaling :*/
-                bgPixmap.unset_geometry ();
                 if (bgPixmap.set_file (str))	/* change pixmap */
                   changed++;
                 str = strchr (str, ';');
                 if (str == NULL)
                   bgPixmap.set_defaultGeometry ();
+                else
+                  bgPixmap.set_geometry (str+1);
               }
-
-            while (str)
+            else
               {
                 str++;
-                if (bgPixmap.set_geometry (str))
+                if (bgPixmap.set_geometry (str, true))
                   changed++;
-                str = strchr (str, ';');
               }
 
             if (changed)