--- SDL_image-1.2.11_orig/IMG_png.c	2012-01-15 22:28:46.000000000 +0100
+++ SDL_image-1.2.11/IMG_png.c	2012-01-18 22:56:54.479573491 +0100
@@ -454,8 +454,8 @@
 	Rmask = Gmask = Bmask = Amask = 0 ;
 	num_channels = lib.png_get_channels(png_ptr, info_ptr);
 	/* Some .png files are monochrome, with as much as 1 channel and 1 bit per pixel */
-	if( num_channels != 3 && num_channels != 4 )
-		num_channels = 3;
+//	if( num_channels != 3 && num_channels != 4 )
+//		num_channels = 3;
 	if ( color_type != PNG_COLOR_TYPE_PALETTE ) {
 		if ( SDL_BYTEORDER == SDL_LIL_ENDIAN ) {
 			Rmask = 0x000000FF;