diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6c0ecc9714ea..22ff5f3abb0d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ $HeadURL: https://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/phpmyadmin/trunk/phpMyA
 2.11.1.0 (not yet released)
 
 - bug #1783667 [export] NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO and MySQL version 
+- bug #1780098 [GUI] Logout causes CSS loss, thanks to Juergen Wind
 
 2.11.0.0 (2007-08-21)
 
diff --git a/phpmyadmin.css.php b/phpmyadmin.css.php
index 543ad5664ef7..70a6b05ae787 100644
--- a/phpmyadmin.css.php
+++ b/phpmyadmin.css.php
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 /**
  *
  */
+// sometimes, we lose $_REQUEST['js_frame']
+define('PMA_FRAME',empty($_REQUEST['js_frame']) ? 'right' : $_REQUEST['js_frame']);
+
 define('PMA_MINIMUM_COMMON', true);
 require_once './libraries/common.inc.php';
 require_once './libraries/sqlparser.lib.php';
@@ -790,5 +793,5 @@
     <?php
 } // end styles 2.9
 
-$_SESSION['PMA_Theme_Manager']->printCss($_REQUEST['js_frame']);
+$_SESSION['PMA_Theme_Manager']->printCss(PMA_FRAME);
 ?>