diff --git a/src/EditProfileDialog.cpp b/src/EditProfileDialog.cpp
index 80c622c87..014ecde8c 100644
--- a/src/EditProfileDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/EditProfileDialog.cpp
@@ -640,7 +640,9 @@ void EditProfileDialog::showKeyBindingEditor(bool isNewTranslator)
 
     KeyBindingEditor* editor = new KeyBindingEditor;
     dialog->setMainWidget(editor);
-    editor->setup(translator);
+    
+    if ( translator )
+        editor->setup(translator);
 
     if ( isNewTranslator )
         editor->setDescription(i18n("New Key Binding List"));
@@ -652,7 +654,9 @@ void EditProfileDialog::showKeyBindingEditor(bool isNewTranslator)
         if ( isNewTranslator )
             newTranslator->setName(newTranslator->description());
 
-        qDebug() << "Adding new or modified translator to manager";
+        qDebug() << "Adding new or modified translator to manager" << 
+            newTranslator->name() << ", " << newTranslator->description();
+
         KeyboardTranslatorManager::instance()->addTranslator( newTranslator );
 
         updateKeyBindingsList();
diff --git a/src/KeyBindingEditor.cpp b/src/KeyBindingEditor.cpp
index b483c7ea4..5209c490e 100644
--- a/src/KeyBindingEditor.cpp
+++ b/src/KeyBindingEditor.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ using namespace Konsole;
 
 KeyBindingEditor::KeyBindingEditor(QWidget* parent)
     : QWidget(parent)
-    , _translator(0)
+    , _translator(new KeyboardTranslator( QString() ))
 {
     _ui = new Ui::KeyBindingEditor();
     _ui->setupUi(this);
@@ -146,13 +146,10 @@ bool KeyBindingEditor::eventFilter( QObject* watched , QEvent* event )
 
 void KeyBindingEditor::setDescription(const QString& newDescription)
 {
-    if ( description() != newDescription )
-    {
-        _ui->descriptionEdit->setText(newDescription);
-        
-        if ( _translator )
-            _translator->setDescription(newDescription);
-    }
+     _ui->descriptionEdit->setText(newDescription);
+    
+     if ( _translator )
+         _translator->setDescription(newDescription);
 }
 QString KeyBindingEditor::description() const
 {