diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 522fa5cd7..8a5924b8b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2007-08-19  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/GrampsDbUtils/_WriteGedcom.py (breakup): fix index check
+
 2007-08-19  Robert Cawley  <rjc@cawley.id.au>
 	* src/plugins/DetDescendantReport.py:
 	* src/plugins/DetAncestralReport.py:
diff --git a/src/GrampsDbUtils/_WriteGedcom.py b/src/GrampsDbUtils/_WriteGedcom.py
index d5dc3085c..5e5f3f7a3 100644
--- a/src/GrampsDbUtils/_WriteGedcom.py
+++ b/src/GrampsDbUtils/_WriteGedcom.py
@@ -233,12 +233,13 @@ def breakup(txt, limit):
     to avoid issues with spaces.
     """
     data = []
+    original = txt
     while limit < len(txt)+1:
         idx = limit-1
-        while txt[idx] in string.whitespace or txt[idx+1] in string.whitespace :
+        while txt[idx-1] in string.whitespace or txt[idx] in string.whitespace :
             idx -= 1
-        data.append(txt[:idx+1])
-        txt = txt[idx+1:]
+        data.append(txt[:idx])
+        txt = txt[idx:]
     if len(txt) > 0:
         data.append(txt)
     return data