diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 63d38fc2..7612ed2d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
   over whether to use im_free() or g_free() for things like im_header_string()
 - added im_history_get(), im_getexp(), im_printdesc() as wrapped functions ...
   so you no longer need the "header" program
+- image vectors from Python work, woo
 
 25/3/09 started 7.18.0
 - revised version numbers
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index c699ee2f..401b9c53 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,30 +1,3 @@
-
-- gbandjoin in Python seems to be broken
-
-    b = VImage.VImage.gbandjoin ([a, a, a])
-
-  fails with a typecheck error
-
-	$ ./try157.py 
-	Traceback (most recent call last):
-  	File "./try157.py", line 6, in <module>
-    	b = VImage.VImage.gbandjoin ([a, a, a])
-    	TypeError: in method 'VImage_gbandjoin', argument 1 of type 
-		'std::vector< vips::VImage,std::allocator< vips::VImage > >'
-
-  probably all IMAGEVEC wrappers are duff like this ... the proto should take
-  a std::allocator too?
-
-  however, this works?
-
-    b = a.lin ([1,2,3], [4,5,6])
-
-  how odd
-
-- rename "header" program? or maybe use "vips header" instead?
-
-  it's disabled on ubuntu due to a name clash
-
 - import ~/summer-demo/summer.tif fails with "unable to read embedded
   profile", is this a bug? better err msg would be good
 
diff --git a/libvips/iofuncs/package.c b/libvips/iofuncs/package.c
index 471bafec..77147af9 100644
--- a/libvips/iofuncs/package.c
+++ b/libvips/iofuncs/package.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static im_arg_desc header_string_args[] = {
 static int
 header_string_vec( im_object *argv )
 {
-	char **out = (char **) argv[2];
+	char **out = (char **) &argv[2];
 
 	/* Actually, we call im_header_as_string(), so we can do any field and
 	 * not just the string-valued ones.
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static im_arg_desc history_get_args[] = {
 static int
 history_get_vec( im_object *argv )
 {
-	char **out = (char **) argv[1];
+	char **out = (char **) &argv[1];
 	const char *str;
 
 	if( !(str = im_history_get( (IMAGE *) argv[0] )) ||
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ static im_arg_desc getext_args[] = {
 static int
 getext_vec( im_object *argv )
 {
-	void **out = (void **) argv[1];
+	void **out = (void **) &argv[1];
 	int size;
 
 	/* void/char confusion is fine.
diff --git a/swig/vipsCC/VImage.i b/swig/vipsCC/VImage.i
index 2d33a19c..2c55e2e5 100644
--- a/swig/vipsCC/VImage.i
+++ b/swig/vipsCC/VImage.i
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
  *        methods
  *      - add PIL_mode_from_vips () and vips_from_PIL_mode () utility
  *        functions
+ * 6/11/09
+ *      - arg, std::vector<vips::VImage> was missing the "vips::"
  */
 
 %module VImage
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@
 namespace std {
   %template(IntVector) vector<int>;
   %template(DoubleVector) vector<double>;
-  %template(ImageVector) vector<VImage>;
+  %template(ImageVector) vector<vips::VImage>;
 }
 
 /* To get image data to and from VImage (eg. when interfacing with PIL) we