diff --git a/css/ImageEditor/ImageEditor.css b/css/ImageEditor/ImageEditor.css
index 8cb2da20..f068e69b 100644
--- a/css/ImageEditor/ImageEditor.css
+++ b/css/ImageEditor/ImageEditor.css
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@
 #cropBox
 {
     position: absolute;
-    background-image: url("cms/images/ImageEditor/white.gif");
     display: inline;
 }
 .greyBox
diff --git a/javascript/ImageEditor/Crop.js b/javascript/ImageEditor/Crop.js
index 4f522c6f..d1dbfd0b 100644
--- a/javascript/ImageEditor/Crop.js
+++ b/javascript/ImageEditor/Crop.js
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ var Crop = {
 				alert('Crop area too small');
 			}
 			this.disable();
+			$('image').style.visibility = 'visible';//hack for IE for not selecting image during crop
 		}
 	},
 	
@@ -128,9 +129,9 @@ var Crop = {
 		Event.observe('cropOk','click',this.onCropOk);
 		Event.observe('cropCancel','click',this.onCropCancel);		
 	},
-	
 	onCropStart: function()	 {
 		if(this.isEnabled) {
+			$('image').style.visibility = "hidden";//hack for IE for not selecting image during crop
 			this.setVisible(true);	
 			Element.show($('cropOk'),$('cropCancel'));
 			imageHistory.disable();
@@ -154,7 +155,8 @@ var Crop = {
 		    imageHistory.enable();
 		    effects.enableRotate();
 			this.enable();
-		}
+		}
+		$('image').style.visibility = 'visible';//hack for IE for not selecting image during crop
 	},
 	
 	setVisible: function(setVisible) {
diff --git a/javascript/ImageEditor/Image.js b/javascript/ImageEditor/Image.js
index 8a37a346..ab2d6dc6 100644
--- a/javascript/ImageEditor/Image.js
+++ b/javascript/ImageEditor/Image.js
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ var ImageToResize = {
 	
 	onImageLoad: function(event) {
 		if(this.imageToResize.width != 0 && this.imageToResize.height != 0) {
-			//$('imageContainer').style.width = this.imageToResize.width + 'px';
-			//$('imageContainer').style.height = this.imageToResize.height + 'px';
+			$('imageContainer').style.backgroundImage = 'url("' + $('image').src + '")';
 			imageBox.hideIndicator();
 			Element.show($('imageContainer'),$('image'));
             if(resize.imageContainerResize.originalHeight == 0 && resize.imageContainerResize.originalWidth == 0) {
diff --git a/javascript/ImageEditor/ImageHistory.js b/javascript/ImageEditor/ImageHistory.js
index d6f82769..3babaa7b 100644
--- a/javascript/ImageEditor/ImageHistory.js
+++ b/javascript/ImageEditor/ImageHistory.js
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ ImageHistory = {
 		this.enable = ImageHistory.enable.bind(this);
 		this.disable = ImageHistory.disable.bind(this);
 		this.clear = ImageHistory.clear.bind(this);
-		this.fakeImage = Positioning.addBehaviour($('fakeImg'));
 		this.image = Positioning.addBehaviour($('image'));
 		this.size = new Array();
 	},
diff --git a/templates/ImageEditor.ss b/templates/ImageEditor.ss
index 8f547722..0284a597 100644
--- a/templates/ImageEditor.ss
+++ b/templates/ImageEditor.ss
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@
                     <div id="rightGreyBox" class="greyBox"></div>
                     <div id="upperGreyBox" class="greyBox"></div>
                     <div id="lowerGreyBox" class="greyBox"></div>   
-                    <img id="image" src="#" alt=""/>                        
-		        <img id="fakeImg" src="#" alt=""/>
+                    <img id="image" src="#" alt=""/>
                     <div id="cropBox"></div>
                 </div>  
             </div>