diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 25ba3aac8..de9b40201 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2007-02-13  Brian Matherly  <brian@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/ViewManager.py: fix crash during backup on windows
+
 2007-02-13  Zsolt Foldvari  <zfoldvar@users.sourceforge.net>
 	* src/GrampsWidgets.py: Fall back to gtk.STOCK_DIALOG_INFO in case
 	gtk.STOCK_INFO is missing.
diff --git a/src/ViewManager.py b/src/ViewManager.py
index cdd634882..711ed2f10 100644
--- a/src/ViewManager.py
+++ b/src/ViewManager.py
@@ -510,6 +510,8 @@ class ViewManager:
 
             # check to see if the old file exists
             if os.path.exists(backup):
+                if os.path.exists(backup + ".old"):
+                    os.remove(backup + ".old")
                 os.rename(backup,backup + ".old")
 
             try: