diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index baa3d2f669..bc18d4df31 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-01-13  Iain <iain@prettypeople.org>
+
+	* gst/schedulers/gstoptimalscheduler.c (add_to_group): Reference the
+	group when we add an element to it, cos we unref it when we remove one
+
 2004-01-12  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
 
 	* testsuite/debug/commandline.c: (debug_not_reached):
diff --git a/gst/schedulers/gstoptimalscheduler.c b/gst/schedulers/gstoptimalscheduler.c
index ab6d4e98d8..e54526da4a 100644
--- a/gst/schedulers/gstoptimalscheduler.c
+++ b/gst/schedulers/gstoptimalscheduler.c
@@ -651,6 +651,9 @@ add_to_group (GstOptSchedulerGroup *group, GstElement *element)
     group_element_set_enabled (group, element, TRUE);
   }
 
+  /* Ref the group... */
+  ref_group (group);
+  
   return group;
 }