diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index a8f002584..3f94c80c3 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 2006-03-06  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/GrampsDb/_GrampsDbBase.py: handle the default argument of
+	no_magic
 	* src/Editors/_EditFamily.py: handle the fact that family
 	information is not a simple list.
 
diff --git a/gramps2/src/GrampsDb/_GrampsDbBase.py b/gramps2/src/GrampsDb/_GrampsDbBase.py
index 671544548..47a2c4ebc 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/GrampsDb/_GrampsDbBase.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/GrampsDb/_GrampsDbBase.py
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ class GrampsDbBase(GrampsDBCallback):
         """
         self.rprefix = self._validated_id_prefix(val,"R")
             
-    def transaction_begin(self,msg="",batch=False):
+    def transaction_begin(self,msg="",batch=False, match=False, no_magic=False):
         """
         Creates a new Transaction tied to the current UNDO database. The
         transaction has no effect until it is committed using the
diff --git a/gramps2/src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py b/gramps2/src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py
index 110d59328..34350f755 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ class GrampsParser:
         self.p.EndElementHandler = self.endElement
         self.p.CharacterDataHandler = self.characters
         self.p.ParseFile(file)
-            
+
         self.db.set_researcher(self.owner)
         if self.home != None:
             person = self.db.find_person_from_handle(self.home,self.trans)