--- rxvt-unicode/src/rxvttoolkit.C	2006/02/19 16:25:13	1.53
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/rxvttoolkit.C	2006/02/19 16:53:49	1.54
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
         XFree (dpy->xdefaults);
 #endif
 
-      if (XGetWindowProperty (dpy, root, XA_RESOURCE_MANAGER,
+      if (XGetWindowProperty (dpy, RootWindow(dpy, 0), XA_RESOURCE_MANAGER,
                               0L, 100000000L, False,
                               XA_STRING, &actual_type, &actual_format,
                               &nitems, &nremaining,