diff --git a/src/qgscoordinatetransform.cpp b/src/qgscoordinatetransform.cpp
index e2ee52cc3e8..829c4f8231a 100644
--- a/src/qgscoordinatetransform.cpp
+++ b/src/qgscoordinatetransform.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ void QgsCoordinateTransform::initialise()
       "  AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",4326]]";
   //default input projection to geo wgs84  
   // XXX Warning - multiple return paths in this block!!
-  if (mSourceSRS->isValid())
+  if (!mSourceSRS->isValid())
   {
     //mSourceSRS = defaultWkt;
     // Pass through with no projection since we have no idea what the layer
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ void QgsCoordinateTransform::initialise()
     return;
   }
 
-  if (mDestSRS->isValid())
+  if (!mDestSRS->isValid())
   {
     //No destination projection is set so we set the default output projection to
     //be the same as input proj. This only happens on the first layer loaded
@@ -122,11 +122,12 @@ void QgsCoordinateTransform::initialise()
     // Transform must take place
     mShortCircuit=false;
   }
-
+  mProj4DestParms=mDestSRS->toProjString().latin1();
+  mProj4SrcParms=mSourceSRS->toProjString().latin1();
  
  // init the projections (destination and source)
-  mDestinationProjection = pj_init_plus(mDestSRS->toProjString().latin1());
-  mSourceProjection = pj_init_plus(mSourceSRS->toProjString().latin1());
+  mDestinationProjection = pj_init_plus(mProj4DestParms);
+  mSourceProjection = pj_init_plus(mProj4SrcParms);
 
 #ifdef QGISDEBUG 
   //OGRErr sourceValid = mSourceOgrSpatialRef.Validate();
diff --git a/src/qgsspatialrefsys.cpp b/src/qgsspatialrefsys.cpp
index 3d58ff4e620..be9156ea716 100644
--- a/src/qgsspatialrefsys.cpp
+++ b/src/qgsspatialrefsys.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ void QgsSpatialRefSys::createFromUserSrsId (long theSrsId)
 
 QString QgsSpatialRefSys::toProjString () const
 {
-
+  //place holder for now....shoudl concatenate proj family, elliposid and parameters
+  return mParameters;
 }
 
 bool QgsSpatialRefSys::isValid() const
diff --git a/src/qgsvectorlayer.cpp b/src/qgsvectorlayer.cpp
index 76cb4a01f2f..83b2dc8b97a 100644
--- a/src/qgsvectorlayer.cpp
+++ b/src/qgsvectorlayer.cpp
@@ -2652,6 +2652,9 @@ void QgsVectorLayer::setCoordinateSystem()
     //QString defaultWkt = QgsSpatialReferences::instance()->getSrsBySrid("4326")->srText();
     QString myDestWKT = QgsProject::instance()->readEntry("SpatialRefSys","/WKT","");
 
+
+
+    /* XXXX DONT THING WE NEED THIS HERE ANYMORE XXXXXXXXXXXX 
     // try again with a morph from esri
     // set up the spatial ref
     OGRSpatialReference myInputSpatialRefSys;
@@ -2663,6 +2666,7 @@ void QgsVectorLayer::setCoordinateSystem()
     OGRSpatialReference myOutputSpatialRefSys;
     pWkt = (char *) myDestWKT.ascii();
     myOutputSpatialRefSys.importFromWkt(&pWkt);
+    */
 
     //
     // Sort out what to do with this layer's coordinate system (CS). We have
@@ -2724,8 +2728,8 @@ void QgsVectorLayer::setCoordinateSystem()
     mCoordinateTransform = new QgsCoordinateTransform(mySourceWKT, myDestWKT);
 #ifdef QGISDEBUG
     std::cout << ">>>>>>>>>>>> Transform for layer created:" << std::endl;
-    std::cout << ">>>>>>>>>>>> LayerCS:\n" << mySourceWKT << std::endl;
-    std::cout << ">>>>>>>>>>>> ProjectCS:\n" << myDestWKT << std::endl;
+    std::cout << ">>>>>>>>>>>> LayerCS:\n" << mCoordinateTransform->sourceSRS()->parameters() << std::endl;
+    std::cout << ">>>>>>>>>>>> ProjectCS:\n" << mCoordinateTransform->destSRS()->parameters() << std::endl;
     std::cout << ">>>>>>>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------" << std::endl;
 #endif
   }