diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fc00bd930..48f4eaa00 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2007-10-29 Gary Burton <gary.burton@zen.co.uk>
+	* src/RelLib/_Person.py: setting the death index wrongly.
+
 2007-10-29 Gary Burton <gary.burton@zen.co.uk>
 	* src/RelLib/_Person.py: reset birth and death indexes after deleting
 	an event. Fixes #1327
diff --git a/src/RelLib/_Person.py b/src/RelLib/_Person.py
index 0c5a0587e..93d04a789 100644
--- a/src/RelLib/_Person.py
+++ b/src/RelLib/_Person.py
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class Person(SourceBase, NoteBase, AttributeBase, MediaBase,
             if (self.birth_ref_index != -1):
                 self.set_birth_ref(birth_ref)
             if (self.death_ref_index != -1):
-                self.set_death_ref(birth_ref)
+                self.set_death_ref(death_ref)
         elif classname == 'Person':
             new_list = [ref for ref in self.person_ref_list
                         if ref.ref not in handle_list]