diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9a0e0adcf3..74655cd499 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-02-20  Zaheer Abbas Merali  <zaheerabbas at merali dot org>
+
+	* examples/vumeter.py:
+	Fix vumeter example
+
 2006-02-17  Edward Hervey  <edward@fluendo.com>
 
 	* gst/gst.defs:
diff --git a/examples/vumeter.py b/examples/vumeter.py
index d1ce5b668b..67a0c0302e 100755
--- a/examples/vumeter.py
+++ b/examples/vumeter.py
@@ -92,12 +92,9 @@ class Window(gtk.Dialog):
             pipeline = gst.parse_launch(s)
             self.set_sensitive(True)
             pipeline.get_bus().add_signal_watch()
-            i = pipeline.get_bus().connect('message::application', self.on_message)
-            if pipeline.set_state(gst.STATE_PLAYING) == gst.STATE_CHANGE_SUCCESS:
-                print "going into main"
-                gtk.Dialog.run(self)
-            else:
-                self.error('Could not set state')
+            i = pipeline.get_bus().connect('message', self.on_message)
+            pipeline.set_state(gst.STATE_PLAYING)
+            gtk.Dialog.run(self)
             pipeline.get_bus().disconnect(i)
             pipeline.get_bus().remove_signal_watch()
             pipeline.set_state(gst.STATE_NULL)