diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ae6daab84..468f256c3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-02-24  Douglas S. Blank <dblank@cs.brynmawr.edu>
+	* src/ViewManager.py:
+	* src/DbLoader.py:
+	Remove os.chdir, no longer needed for relative path
+
 2008-02-24  Douglas S. Blank <dblank@cs.brynmawr.edu>
 	* src/DataViews/GrampletView.py: don't save deleted gramplets
 	* src/glade/gramps.glade: changed tooltip from "close" to "delete"
diff --git a/src/DbLoader.py b/src/DbLoader.py
index c7dd6774f..8b066baa8 100644
--- a/src/DbLoader.py
+++ b/src/DbLoader.py
@@ -268,10 +268,6 @@ class DbLoader:
         try:
             self.dbstate.db.load(filename, self.uistate.pulse_progressbar, mode)
             self.dbstate.db.set_save_path(filename)
-            try:
-                os.chdir(os.path.dirname(filename))
-            except  (OSError, IOError):
-                print "could not change directory"
         except OSError, msg:
             ErrorDialog(
                 _("Could not open file: %s") % filename, str(msg))
diff --git a/src/ViewManager.py b/src/ViewManager.py
index 9cf91898d..225cf2d5e 100644
--- a/src/ViewManager.py
+++ b/src/ViewManager.py
@@ -1057,10 +1057,6 @@ class ViewManager:
         if value:
             (filename, title) = value
             self.db_loader.read_file(filename)
-            try:
-                os.chdir(os.path.dirname(filename))
-            except (IOError, OSError):
-                pass
             self.__post_load_newdb(filename, 'x-directory/normal', title)
 
     def __read_recent_file(self, filename):