diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ec1246f77..38091d735 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2007-09-29  Brian Matherly <brian@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/gramps.py: Don't import gramps_main until logging is setup.
+
 2007-09-29 Benny Malengier <benny.malengier@gramps-project.org> 
 	* src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py: remove bug: no more creation of objects if bookmark is found with
 	handle that is not in database. This causes corruption of database!
diff --git a/src/gramps.py b/src/gramps.py
index a105b4ec0..8f16467a0 100644
--- a/src/gramps.py
+++ b/src/gramps.py
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ gettext.install("gramps",loc,unicode=1)
 # gramps libraries
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-import gramps_main 
 import gobject
 
 try:
@@ -169,6 +168,7 @@ def run():
         pass
     
     try:        
+        import gramps_main 
         gramps_main.Gramps(args)
     except SystemExit, e:
         if e.code: