diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 43b6a4ee7..646a85530 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 2005-08-26  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/plugins/DescendChart.py: Fix spacing and line drawing,
-	added maximum number of generations
+	added maximum number of generations, fixed shadow scaling
 
 2005-08-25  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/SubstKeywords: Add new % options
diff --git a/gramps2/src/plugins/DescendChart.py b/gramps2/src/plugins/DescendChart.py
index aae7ecf87..366770571 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/plugins/DescendChart.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/plugins/DescendChart.py
@@ -305,7 +305,11 @@ class DescendChart(Report.Report):
         g.set_height(self.box_height)
         g.set_width(self.box_width)
         g.set_paragraph_style("DC2-Normal")
-        g.set_shadow(1,self.box_gap/self.scale)
+        if self.scale < 1:
+            g.set_shadow(1,self.box_gap)
+        else:
+            g.set_shadow(1,self.box_gap/self.scale)
+            
         g.set_line_width(g.get_line_width()/self.scale)
         g.set_fill_color((255,255,255))
         self.doc.add_draw_style("DC2-box",g)