diff -up alacarte-0.11.6/Alacarte/MenuEditor.py.undo-delete alacarte-0.11.6/Alacarte/MenuEditor.py
--- alacarte-0.11.6/Alacarte/MenuEditor.py.undo-delete	2008-10-17 22:20:26.000000000 -0400
+++ alacarte-0.11.6/Alacarte/MenuEditor.py	2008-10-17 22:20:35.000000000 -0400
@@ -344,8 +344,8 @@ class MenuEditor:
 		self.save()
 
 	def deleteItem(self, item):
-		self.__writeItem(item, hidden=True)
 		self.__addUndo([item,])
+		self.__writeItem(item, hidden=True)
 		self.save()
 
 	def deleteMenu(self, menu):