diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 93e88f265..bc83bdcf1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2007-09-01  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/DbManager.py (check_in): don't expect stdin to be open (#1203)
+
 2007-09-01  Benny Malengier <benny.malengier@gramps-project.org> 
 	* src/images/16x16/gramps-event.png:
 	* src/images/16x16/gramps-family.png:
diff --git a/src/DbManager.py b/src/DbManager.py
index 7838747a6..9e43f76ce 100644
--- a/src/DbManager.py
+++ b/src/DbManager.py
@@ -883,7 +883,6 @@ def check_in(dbase, filename, callback, cursor_func = None):
         cursor_func(_("Saving archive..."))
 
     proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stderr = subprocess.PIPE )
-    proc.stdin.close()
     message = "\n".join(proc.stderr.readlines())
     proc.stderr.close()
     status = proc.wait()