diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d3177013..11a39e66 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 22/1/14 started 7.38.2
 - auto RAD decode for affine
+- falsecolour was not working for some image types
+- foreign memory buffer images did not have the right dhint, broke
+  command-line falsecolour on sequential images
 
 19/1/14 started 7.38.1
 - bump soname, thanks benjamin
diff --git a/libvips/conversion/falsecolour.c b/libvips/conversion/falsecolour.c
index 697c7125..ab77c0ec 100644
--- a/libvips/conversion/falsecolour.c
+++ b/libvips/conversion/falsecolour.c
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
  * 	- force input to mono 8-bit for the user
  * 1/8/13
  * 	- redone as a class
+ * 23/1/14	
+ * 	- oops, was not auto-getting and casting the first band
  */
 
 /*
@@ -348,7 +350,7 @@ vips_falsecolour_build( VipsObject *object )
 	if( vips_check_uncoded( class->nickname, falsecolour->in ) ||
 		vips_extract_band( falsecolour->in, &t[1], 0, NULL ) ||
 		vips_cast( t[1], &t[2], VIPS_FORMAT_UCHAR, NULL ) ||
-		vips_maplut( falsecolour->in, &t[3], t[0], NULL ) ||
+		vips_maplut( t[2], &t[3], t[0], NULL ) ||
 		vips_image_write( t[3], conversion->out ) ) 
 		return( -1 );