--- pynicotine/gtkgui/settingswindow.py	2005/02/06 19:52:25	1.1
+++ pynicotine/gtkgui/settingswindow.py	2005/02/06 20:42:18
@@ -433,7 +433,10 @@
 	
 	def PickColour(self, widget, entry):
 		dlg = gtk.ColorSelectionDialog("Pick a colour, any colour")
-		colour = gtk.gdk.color_parse(entry.get_text())
+		try:
+			colour = gtk.gdk.color_parse(entry.get_text())
+		except ValueError:
+			colour = gtk.gdk.color_parse("red")
 		dlg.colorsel.set_current_color(colour)
 		if dlg.run() == gtk.RESPONSE_OK:
 			colour = dlg.colorsel.get_current_color()