diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 70aad17e1..393fe9253 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-03-05  Brian Matherly  <brian@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/plugins/TimeLine.py: Fix 0000943: Timeline doesn't show preferred 
+	  name format
+
 2007-02-26  Brian Matherly  <brian@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/plugins/WritePkg.py: Fix crash on gpkg export in Windows
 
diff --git a/gramps2/src/plugins/TimeLine.py b/gramps2/src/plugins/TimeLine.py
index b71e25b10..3cbaf1279 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/plugins/TimeLine.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/plugins/TimeLine.py
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class TimeLine(Report):
             else:
                 d = None
 
-            n = p.get_primary_name().get_name()
+            n = NameDisplay.displayer.display_formal(p)
             self.doc.draw_text('TLG-text',n,incr+pad,self.header + (incr+pad)*index)
             
             y1 = self.header + (pad+incr)*index
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ class TimeLine(Report):
         size = 0
         for p_id in self.plist:
             p = self.database.get_person_from_handle(p_id)
-            n = p.get_primary_name().get_name()
+            n = NameDisplay.displayer.display_formal(p)
             size = max(self.doc.string_width(font,n),size)
         return pt2cm(size)