diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4e5712c82..be7a9a15e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2008-01-21 Benny Malengier <benny.malengier@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/docgen/SvgDrawDoc.py: backport patch so that text in svgbox shows
+
 2008-01-18 Jim Sack <jgsack@san.rr.com>
 	* src/GrampsDb/_WriteGedcom.py : #1621 use os.path.samefile in write_photo
 
diff --git a/src/docgen/SvgDrawDoc.py b/src/docgen/SvgDrawDoc.py
index 26342c6b3..3feeb8649 100644
--- a/src/docgen/SvgDrawDoc.py
+++ b/src/docgen/SvgDrawDoc.py
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class SvgDrawDoc(BaseDoc.BaseDoc):
                 else:
                     self.t.write(' font-family:serif;')
                 self.t.write('">')
-                self.f.write(lines[i])
+                self.t.write(lines[i])
                 self.t.write('</text>\n')
 
     def draw_text(self,style,text,x,y):