diff --git a/OpenSim/Capabilities/Handlers/GetTexture/GetTextureHandler.cs b/OpenSim/Capabilities/Handlers/GetTexture/GetTextureHandler.cs
index 105a1e028b..e1b4fe756b 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Capabilities/Handlers/GetTexture/GetTextureHandler.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Capabilities/Handlers/GetTexture/GetTextureHandler.cs
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ using Caps = OpenSim.Framework.Capabilities.Caps;
 
 namespace OpenSim.Capabilities.Handlers
 {
-
     public class GetTextureHandler : BaseStreamHandler
     {
         private static readonly ILog m_log =
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Capabilities.Handlers
 
         public override byte[] Handle(string path, Stream request, OSHttpRequest httpRequest, OSHttpResponse httpResponse)
         {
-
             // Try to parse the texture ID from the request URL
             NameValueCollection query = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(httpRequest.Url.Query);
             string textureStr = query.GetOne("texture_id");
@@ -85,6 +83,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Capabilities.Handlers
             UUID textureID;
             if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(textureStr) && UUID.TryParse(textureStr, out textureID))
             {
+//                m_log.DebugFormat("[GETTEXTURE]: Received request for texture id {0}", textureID);
+                
                 string[] formats;
                 if (format != null && format != string.Empty)
                 {
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Capabilities.Handlers
                     if (FetchTexture(httpRequest, httpResponse, textureID, f))
                         break;
                 }
-
             }
             else
             {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLSimulationData.cs b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLSimulationData.cs
index 96ecea6cb6..6d14b82075 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLSimulationData.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLSimulationData.cs
@@ -1209,7 +1209,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.MySQL
             return prim;
         }
 
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Build a prim inventory item from the persisted data.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Estate/EstateManagementModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Estate/EstateManagementModule.cs
index d0605e3bc9..94c141793d 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Estate/EstateManagementModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Estate/EstateManagementModule.cs
@@ -968,6 +968,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Estate
             args.terrainDetail2 = Scene.RegionInfo.RegionSettings.TerrainTexture3;
             args.terrainDetail3 = Scene.RegionInfo.RegionSettings.TerrainTexture4;
 
+            m_log.DebugFormat("[ESTATE MANAGEMENT MODULE]: Sending terrain texture 1 {0} for region {1}", args.terrainDetail0, Scene.RegionInfo.RegionName);
+            m_log.DebugFormat("[ESTATE MANAGEMENT MODULE]: Sending terrain texture 2 {0} for region {1}", args.terrainDetail1, Scene.RegionInfo.RegionName);
+            m_log.DebugFormat("[ESTATE MANAGEMENT MODULE]: Sending terrain texture 3 {0} for region {1}", args.terrainDetail2, Scene.RegionInfo.RegionName);
+            m_log.DebugFormat("[ESTATE MANAGEMENT MODULE]: Sending terrain texture 4 {0} for region {1}", args.terrainDetail3, Scene.RegionInfo.RegionName);
+
             remoteClient.SendRegionHandshake(Scene.RegionInfo,args);
         }
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
index d3de37d361..f86b3b6a04 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
@@ -588,7 +588,42 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
             #region Region Settings
 
             // Load region settings
-            m_regInfo.RegionSettings = simDataService.LoadRegionSettings(m_regInfo.RegionID);
+            // LoadRegionSettings creates new region settings in persistence if they don't already exist for this region.
+            // However, in this case, the default textures are not set in memory properly, so we need to do it here and
+            // resave.
+            // FIXME: It shouldn't be up to the database plugins to create this data - we should do it when a new
+            // region is set up and avoid these gyrations.
+            RegionSettings rs = simDataService.LoadRegionSettings(m_regInfo.RegionID);
+            bool updatedTerrainTextures = false;
+            if (rs.TerrainTexture1 == UUID.Zero)
+            {
+                rs.TerrainTexture1 = RegionSettings.DEFAULT_TERRAIN_TEXTURE_1;
+                updatedTerrainTextures = true;
+            }
+
+            if (rs.TerrainTexture2 == UUID.Zero)
+            {
+                rs.TerrainTexture2 = RegionSettings.DEFAULT_TERRAIN_TEXTURE_2;
+                updatedTerrainTextures = true;
+            }
+
+            if (rs.TerrainTexture3 == UUID.Zero)
+            {
+                rs.TerrainTexture3 = RegionSettings.DEFAULT_TERRAIN_TEXTURE_3;
+                updatedTerrainTextures = true;
+            }
+
+            if (rs.TerrainTexture4 == UUID.Zero)
+            {
+                rs.TerrainTexture4 = RegionSettings.DEFAULT_TERRAIN_TEXTURE_4;
+                updatedTerrainTextures = true;
+            }
+
+            if (updatedTerrainTextures)
+                rs.Save();
+
+            m_regInfo.RegionSettings = rs;
+
             if (estateDataService != null)
                 m_regInfo.EstateSettings = estateDataService.LoadEstateSettings(m_regInfo.RegionID, false);