diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index cfec9ea5c..07e8bc276 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 	* src/MergePeople.py: Typos.
 	* src/plugins/NavWebPage.py: Typos.
 	* src/po/template.po: Update for upcoming 2.0.6.
+	* src/Report.py (parse_report_options_frame): Fallback to trivial
+	filter on filter failure.
 
 2005-08-04  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/PeopleModel.py: provide a work around for the python 2.3 bug unicode
diff --git a/gramps2/src/Report.py b/gramps2/src/Report.py
index dcfd9e3ca..c3e7a0930 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/Report.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/Report.py
@@ -834,9 +834,13 @@ class BareReportDialog:
             self.options.handler.set_report_generations(self.max_gen,self.pg_brk)
 
         if self.filter_combo:
-            self.filter = self.filter_combo.get_value()
-            active = self.filter_combo.get_active()
-            self.options.handler.set_filter_number(active)
+            try:
+                self.filter = self.filter_combo.get_value()
+                active = self.filter_combo.get_active()
+                self.options.handler.set_filter_number(active)
+            except:
+                print "Error setting filter. Proceeding with 'Everyone'"
+                self.filter = GenericFilter.Everyone([])
         else:
             self.filter = None