diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 08ac6ceac9aa8184b7ae05f222c2e389af96269d..cc5d3d630b03fa28d2a956d828b6b89ad19d72f7 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 	(ns_has_attribute): Shrink the normal range.
 	(ns_findfonts): Don't worry about requested spec in determining
 	need for synthItal.
+	(ns_get_covering_families): Retain scriptToFamilies.
 
 2009-06-14  Seiji Zenitani  <zenitani@mac.com>
 
diff --git a/src/nsfont.m b/src/nsfont.m
index c5e73604e7a747cd2cd6bbb689a89ddc2551eccc..68ed1e6dd360f3a91afa97f3b350900d2c1405f4 100644
--- a/src/nsfont.m
+++ b/src/nsfont.m
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ seems to be limited for now (2009/05) to ja, zh, and ko. */
 	NSLog(@"Request covering families for script: '%@'", script);
 
     if (scriptToFamilies == nil)
-	scriptToFamilies = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithCapacity: 30];
+        scriptToFamilies = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
 
     if ((families = [scriptToFamilies objectForKey: script]) == nil)
       {