--- signwriter.module.orig	2009-08-12 09:53:44.000000000 -0700
+++ signwriter.module	2009-08-12 10:23:20.000000000 -0700
@@ -719,16 +719,26 @@ function signwriter_image_calc_dimension
  */
 function signwriter_create_image($image, $profile, $width, $height) {
   // create the image
+  /*******
+   * Todo: We should probably have support for a different background image for
+   * each of the idx values on threestate images, but for now, this fixes
+   * existing profiles from previous versions of signwriter.
+  **/
+  $idx=0;
   if (!empty($image->bgimage[$idx])) {
     $imagefunction = 'imagecreatefrom'. $image->bgimagetype[$idx];
-    $image->im = $imagefunction($image->bgimage);
-    $width = imagesx($image->im);
-    $height = imagesy($image->im);
+    $image->im = $imagefunction($image->bgimage[$idx]);
+    if(!$width){
+      $width = imagesx($image->im);
+    }
+    if(!$height){
+      $height = imagesy($image->im);
+    }
   }
   else {
     $image->im = imagecreate($width, $height);
   }
-
+  
   // pre allocate the colors
   for ($idx = 0; $idx < ($profile->threestate ? 3 : 1); $idx++) {
     $image->background[$idx] = imagecolorallocate($image->im, $image->bg[$idx][0], $image->bg[$idx][1], $image->bg[$idx][2]);