diff --git a/externals/ggee/gui/image.c b/externals/ggee/gui/image.c
index ae501c4323741cd9099f041a9352866455f14307..719a9d3df3073596c0fbee45aa3df82e40622669 100644
--- a/externals/ggee/gui/image.c
+++ b/externals/ggee/gui/image.c
@@ -235,8 +235,6 @@ static void image_select(t_gobj *z, t_glist *glist, int state)
 {
     //fprintf(stderr,"image_select %d\n", state);
     t_image *x = (t_image *)z;
-    gui_vmess("gui_image_toggle_border", "xxi",
-        glist_getcanvas(glist), x, state);
     if (state)
     {
         if (x->x_glist == glist_getcanvas(glist))
@@ -262,12 +260,14 @@ static void image_select(t_gobj *z, t_glist *glist, int state)
                     text_xpix(&x->x_obj, glist) + x->x_width/2,
                     text_ypix(&x->x_obj, glist) + x->x_height/2, x);
             }
+            gui_vmess("gui_image_toggle_border", "xxi", glist_getcanvas(glist),
+                x, 1);
         }
+        gui_vmess("gui_gobj_select", "xx", glist_getcanvas(glist), x);
         //if (glist->gl_owner && !glist_istoplevel(glist))
         //sys_vgui(".x%x.c addtag selected withtag %xS\n", glist_getcanvas(glist), x);
         //sys_vgui(".x%x.c addtag selected withtag %xMT\n", glist_getcanvas(glist), x);
         //sys_vgui(".x%x.c addtag selected withtag %xSEL\n", glist_getcanvas(glist), x);
-        gui_vmess("gui_gobj_select", "xx", glist_getcanvas(glist), x);
     }
     else
     {
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ static void image_select(t_gobj *z, t_glist *glist, int state)
         //if (glist->gl_owner && !glist_istoplevel(glist))
         //sys_vgui(".x%lx.c dtag %xS selected\n", glist_getcanvas(glist), x);
         //sys_vgui(".x%lx.c dtag %xMT selected\n", glist_getcanvas(glist), x);
+        gui_vmess("gui_image_toggle_border", "xxi", glist_getcanvas(glist),
+            x, 0);
         gui_vmess("gui_gobj_deselect", "xx", glist_getcanvas(glist), x);
     }
 }
@@ -340,7 +342,7 @@ static int image_newclick(t_gobj *z, struct _glist *glist, int xpix, int ypix, i
     if (doit && x->x_click)
         outlet_bang(x->x_obj.ob_outlet);
     // LATER: figure out how to do click on and click off
-    // and provide a toggle button behavior insteadS
+    // and provide a toggle button behavior instead
     /*{
         x->x_clicked = 1;
         outlet_float(x->x_obj.ob_outlet, x->x_clicked);