diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 072ebd85..25710ab4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([Sugar],[0.27],[],[sugar])
+AC_INIT([Sugar],[0.28],[],[sugar])
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.59])
 
diff --git a/sugar/canvas/IconItem.py b/sugar/canvas/IconItem.py
index b9e1fb3a..e0c3b839 100644
--- a/sugar/canvas/IconItem.py
+++ b/sugar/canvas/IconItem.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class IconView(goocanvas.ItemViewSimple, goocanvas.ItemView):
 			self._buffer = None
 
 		if self._buffer == None:
-			size = _ICON_SIZE * scale
+			size = int(_ICON_SIZE * scale)
 			surface = cr.get_target().create_similar(
 							cairo.CONTENT_COLOR_ALPHA, size, size)