diff -r 7786b245532f surf.c
--- a/surf.c	Fri Jun 12 13:41:09 2009 +0100
+++ b/surf.c	Wed Aug 12 01:26:33 2009 -0700
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@
 	gdk_window_add_filter(GTK_WIDGET(c->win)->window, processx, c);
 	webkit_web_view_set_full_content_zoom(c->view, TRUE);
 	c->download = NULL;
-	c->title = NULL;
+	updatetitle(c, "about:blank");
 	c->next = clients;
 	clients = c;
 	if(showxid)
