diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index c22232ddf..c73aad2ef 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 	checking existing file/dir, make sure we requested file/dir,
 	correspondingly.
 	* src/plugins/NavWebPage (archive_toggle): Add/remove '.tar.gz'
-	to path when this options is turned on/off.
+	to path when this options is turned on/off; (parse_style_frame):
+	save archive option as an integer; (setup_html_frame): set the
+	state for archive option.
 
 2005-12-08  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/Merge.py: fix date comparison
diff --git a/gramps2/src/plugins/NavWebPage.py b/gramps2/src/plugins/NavWebPage.py
index 962c0e0ee..e799be2ce 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/plugins/NavWebPage.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/plugins/NavWebPage.py
@@ -2623,7 +2623,8 @@ class WebReportDialog(Report.ReportDialog):
 
     def parse_style_frame(self):
         """The style frame is not used in this dialog."""
-        self.options.handler.options_dict['NWEBarchive'] = self.archive.get_active()
+        self.options.handler.options_dict['NWEBarchive'] = int(
+            self.archive.get_active())
 
     def parse_html_frame(self):
         pass
@@ -2634,6 +2635,8 @@ class WebReportDialog(Report.ReportDialog):
     def setup_html_frame(self):
         self.archive = gtk.CheckButton(_('Store web pages in .tar.gz archive'))
         self.archive.set_alignment(0.0,0.5)
+        self.archive.set_active(
+            self.options.handler.options_dict['NWEBarchive'])
         self.archive.connect('toggled',self.archive_toggle)
         self.add_option(None,self.archive)