diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2a7e088d9..8a58dcb59 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-03-27  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/DbManager.py (DbManager.populate): make default directory if it
+	does not exist
+
 2007-03-27  Brian Matherly  <brian@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/ReportBase/_CommandLineReport.py
 	* src/ReportBase/_BareReportDialog.py
diff --git a/src/DbManager.py b/src/DbManager.py
index 8525108a6..7662e7aaa 100644
--- a/src/DbManager.py
+++ b/src/DbManager.py
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ class DbManager:
     def populate(self):
         self.model = gtk.ListStore(str, str, str, str, int)
 
+	try:
+	    if not os.path.isdir(DEFAULT_DIR):
+		os.mkdir(DEFAULT_DIR)
+	except:
+	    print "did not make default dir"
+
         sort_list = []
         for dpath in os.listdir(DEFAULT_DIR):
             path_name = os.path.join(DEFAULT_DIR, dpath, NAME_FILE)