diff -Naur guake-0.2.2-orig/src/guake.py guake-0.2.2/src/guake.py
--- guake-0.2.2-orig/src/guake.py	2008-06-03 16:30:03.000000000 +0200
+++ guake-0.2.2/src/guake.py	2008-06-18 12:22:38.000000000 +0200
@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@
                 bnt.get_active())
 
     def on_ontop_checkbutton_toggled(self, bnt):
-        self.client.set_bool(GCONF_PATH + 'general/window_ontop',
-                bnt.get_active())
+        self.client.set_bool(GCONF_PATH + 'general/window_ontop', bnt.get_active())
+        self.guake.toggle_ontop()
 
     def on_winsize_hscale_value_changed(self, hscale):
         val = hscale.get_value()
@@ -425,7 +425,6 @@
         self.fullscreen = False
 
         self.window.add_accel_group(self.accel_group)
-        self.window.set_keep_above(True)
         self.window.set_geometry_hints(min_width=1, min_height=1)
         self.window.connect('focus-out-event',self.on_window_lostfocus)
 
@@ -433,6 +432,7 @@
         self.load_accelerators()
         self.refresh()
         self.add_tab()
+        self.toggle_ontop()
 
     def on_window_lostfocus(self,window, event):
         getb = lambda x:self.client.get_bool(x)
@@ -600,6 +600,10 @@
                 scrollbar.show()
             else:
                 scrollbar.hide()
+                
+    def toggle_ontop(self):
+		b = self.client.get_bool(GCONF_PATH+'general/window_ontop')
+		self.window.set_keep_above(b)
 
     # -- format functions --