diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6889940a4b..59d936b52e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -266,15 +266,15 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(gdk-pixbuf-loader-dir,
 ])
 AC_SUBST(GDK_PIXBUF_LOADER_DIR)
 
-GDK_PIXBUF_CONFFILE="$GDK_PIXBUF_PREFIXDIR/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders"
+GDK_PIXBUF_CONFDIR="$GDK_PIXBUF_PREFIXDIR/etc/gtk-2.0/"
 AC_ARG_WITH(gdk-pixbuf-conffile, 
-   AC_HELP_STRING([--with-gdk-pixbuf-conffile],
-   	[path to the gdk_pixbuf config file]),
+   AC_HELP_STRING([--with-gdk-pixbuf-confdir],
+   	[path to the gdk_pixbuf config directroy]),
    [if test "x${withval}" != x ; then
-   	GDK_PIXBUF_CONFFILE="${withval}"
+   	GDK_PIXBUF_CONFDIR="${withval}"
     fi
 ])
-AC_SUBST(GDK_PIXBUF_CONFFILE)
+AC_SUBST(GDK_PIXBUF_CONFDIR)
 
 dnl ===========================================================================
 dnl ============================= gst plug-ins ================================
diff --git a/ext/hermes/gstcolorspace.c b/ext/hermes/gstcolorspace.c
index de1bd88f7e..ac63fe4d25 100644
--- a/ext/hermes/gstcolorspace.c
+++ b/ext/hermes/gstcolorspace.c
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ colorspace_setup_converter (GstColorspace *space, GstCaps *from_caps, GstCaps *t
 	  gst_caps_get_int (from_caps, "red_mask",   &space->source.r);
 	  gst_caps_get_int (from_caps, "green_mask", &space->source.g);
 	  gst_caps_get_int (from_caps, "blue_mask",  &space->source.b);
+	  space->source.r = GINT_TO_BE (space->source.r);
+	  space->source.g = GINT_TO_BE (space->source.g);
+	  space->source.b = GINT_TO_BE (space->source.b);
 	  space->source.a = 0;
 	  space->srcbpp = space->source.bits = from_bpp;
 	  space->source.indexed = 0;
@@ -144,6 +147,9 @@ colorspace_setup_converter (GstColorspace *space, GstCaps *from_caps, GstCaps *t
 	  gst_caps_get_int (to_caps, "red_mask",   &space->dest.r);
 	  gst_caps_get_int (to_caps, "green_mask", &space->dest.g);
 	  gst_caps_get_int (to_caps, "blue_mask",  &space->dest.b);
+	  space->dest.r = 0x0000FF; //GINT_TO_BE (space->dest.r);
+	  space->dest.g = 0x00FF00; //GINT_TO_BE (space->dest.g);
+	  space->dest.b = 0xFF0000; //GINT_TO_BE (space->dest.b);
 	  space->dest.a = 0;
 	  space->destbpp = space->dest.bits = to_bpp;
 	  space->dest.indexed = 0;