diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 54d18ab08..f58f82920 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2005-12-02  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/ReportOptions.py: fix inheritence
+
 2005-12-01  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
 	* various: pychecker fixes
 	* src/DateParser.py: properly call the date checking routine
diff --git a/gramps2/src/ReportOptions.py b/gramps2/src/ReportOptions.py
index a062f3058..56764ced7 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/ReportOptions.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/ReportOptions.py
@@ -495,7 +495,13 @@ class ReportOptions(Options.Options):
         Initializes the class, performing usual house-keeping tasks.
         Subclasses MUST call this in their __init__() method.
         """
-        Options.Options.__init__(self,name,person_id)
+
+        self.set_new_options()
+        self.enable_options()
+
+        if self.enable_dict:
+            self.options_dict.update(self.enable_dict)
+        self.handler = OptionHandler(name,self.options_dict,person_id)
 
     def make_default_style(self,default_style):
         """