diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7daa7df33..329942064 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2007-12-27  Douglas S. Blank  <dblank@cs.brynmawr.edu>
+	* src/PluginUtils/_Options.py: Bug #1486, type error on option read
+
 2007-12-27  Brian Matherly <brian@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/ReportBase/_GraphvizReportDialog.py: 
 	* src/plugins/GVRelGraph.py: fix thumbnail images and HTML output.
diff --git a/src/PluginUtils/_Options.py b/src/PluginUtils/_Options.py
index 5ee0aa00b..4532622b9 100644
--- a/src/PluginUtils/_Options.py
+++ b/src/PluginUtils/_Options.py
@@ -347,6 +347,8 @@ class OptionHandler:
                 self.options_dict[option_name] = converter(options[option_name])
             except ValueError:
                 pass
+            except TypeError:
+                pass
 
         for option_name in bad_opts:
             options.pop(option_name)