diff -ru src.orig/command.C src/command.C
--- src.orig/command.C	Tue Aug 31 19:19:58 2004
+++ src/command.C	Tue Aug 31 19:19:13 2004
@@ -1218,11 +1218,6 @@
     }
 #endif
 
-#ifdef USE_XIM
-  if (XFilterEvent (&ev, None))
-    return;
-#endif
-
   Window          unused_root, unused_child;
   int             unused_root_x, unused_root_y;
   unsigned int    unused_mask;
diff -ru src.orig/rxvttoolkit.C src/rxvttoolkit.C
--- src.orig/rxvttoolkit.C	Tue Aug 31 19:19:58 2004
+++ src/rxvttoolkit.C	Tue Aug 31 19:18:57 2004
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@
       //printf ("T %d w %lx\n", xev.type, xev.xany.window);//D
 
 #ifdef USE_XIM
+      if (XFilterEvent(&xev, None))
+	continue;
       if (xev.type == PropertyNotify
           && xev.xany.window == root
           && xev.xproperty.atom == xa_xim_servers)