diff --git a/gst/goom/gstgoom.c b/gst/goom/gstgoom.c
index a941ab07ac..6700f75c9d 100644
--- a/gst/goom/gstgoom.c
+++ b/gst/goom/gstgoom.c
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (goom_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT goom_debug
 
+#define DEFAULT_WIDTH  320
+#define DEFAULT_HEIGHT 240
+
 /* signals and args */
 enum
 {
@@ -126,9 +129,11 @@ gst_goom_class_init (GstGoomClass * klass)
 static void
 gst_goom_init (GstGoom * goom)
 {
-  goom->width = -1;
-  goom->height = -1;
+  goom->width = DEFAULT_WIDTH;
+  goom->height = DEFAULT_HEIGHT;
   goom->channels = 0;
+
+  goom->plugin = goom_init (goom->width, goom->height);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -147,15 +152,8 @@ gst_goom_setup (GstAudioVisualizer * base)
 {
   GstGoom *goom = GST_GOOM (base);
 
-  if (!goom->plugin ||
-      goom->width != GST_VIDEO_INFO_WIDTH (&base->vinfo) ||
-      goom->height != GST_VIDEO_INFO_HEIGHT (&base->vinfo)) {
-    goom->width = GST_VIDEO_INFO_WIDTH (&base->vinfo);
-    goom->height = GST_VIDEO_INFO_HEIGHT (&base->vinfo);
-    if (goom->plugin)
-      goom_close (goom->plugin);
-    goom->plugin = goom_init (goom->width, goom->height);
-  }
+  goom->width = GST_VIDEO_INFO_WIDTH (&base->vinfo);
+  goom->height = GST_VIDEO_INFO_HEIGHT (&base->vinfo);
 
   return TRUE;
 }
@@ -170,9 +168,6 @@ gst_goom_render (GstAudioVisualizer * base, GstBuffer * audio,
   gint16 *adata;
   gint i;
 
-  if (!goom->plugin)
-    return FALSE;
-
   /* get next GOOM_SAMPLES, we have at least this amount of samples */
   gst_buffer_map (audio, &amap, GST_MAP_READ);
   adata = (gint16 *) amap.data;