diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index de90ce9f7..6cfe1f4eb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-09-13  Alex Roitman  <shura@alex.neuro.umn.edu>
+	* src/plugins/AncestorChart.py (AncestorChart.__init__): Call calc()
+	after self.standalone is defined. 
+
 2003-09-12  Don Allingham  <dallingham@users.sourceforge.net>
 	* src/BaseDoc.py: add init function to BaseDoc to be called after
 	all graphics formats are defined
diff --git a/src/plugins/AncestorChart.py b/src/plugins/AncestorChart.py
index ffcfea089..74bd3c5c7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/AncestorChart.py
+++ b/src/plugins/AncestorChart.py
@@ -80,12 +80,12 @@ class AncestorChart:
         self.lines = 0
         self.display = display
         self.newpage = newpage
-	self.calc()
         if output:
             self.standalone = 1
             self.doc.open(output)
         else:
             self.standalone = 0
+	self.calc()
         
     def filter(self,person,index):
         """traverse the ancestors recursively until either the end