diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 71aa03f8..b2a103fc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-09-18  Jens Finke  <jens@triq.net>
+
+	* shell/recent-files: Updated from libegg.
+
 2004-09-18  Jens Finke  <jens@triq.net>
 	
 	* shell/eog-window.c (verb_FileExit_cb),
diff --git a/shell/recent-files/egg-recent-model.c b/shell/recent-files/egg-recent-model.c
index f36053bc..d4606ab6 100644
--- a/shell/recent-files/egg-recent-model.c
+++ b/shell/recent-files/egg-recent-model.c
@@ -677,12 +677,17 @@ static void
 egg_recent_model_monitor (EggRecentModel *model, gboolean should_monitor)
 {
 	if (should_monitor && model->priv->monitor == NULL) {
+		char *uri;
+
+		uri = gnome_vfs_get_uri_from_local_path (model->priv->path);
 
 		gnome_vfs_monitor_add (&model->priv->monitor,
-					     model->priv->path,
-					     GNOME_VFS_MONITOR_FILE,
-					     egg_recent_model_monitor_cb,
-					     model);
+				       uri,
+				       GNOME_VFS_MONITOR_FILE,
+				       egg_recent_model_monitor_cb,
+				       model);
+
+		g_free (uri);
 
 		/* if the above fails, don't worry about it.
 		 * local notifications will still happen