diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b70a95bf1..bf7c1d879 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2007-06-16  Alex Roitman  <shura@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py (start_url): Correctly parse url type.
+	
 2007-06-16  Brian Pepple  <bpepple@fedoraproject.org>
 	* data/gramps.desktop.in: Fix desktop file to conform to desktop
 	file specs.
diff --git a/src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py b/src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py
index ae289e335..1bb909425 100644
--- a/src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py
+++ b/src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ class GrampsParser(UpdateCallback):
         url.path = attrs["href"]
         url.set_description(attrs.get("description",''))
         url.private = bool(attrs.get('priv'))
-        url.type.set_from_xml_str(attrs['type'])
+        url.type.set_from_xml_str(attrs.get('type',''))
         if self.person:
             self.person.add_url(url)
         elif self.placeobj: