diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2d1b106d4..b97135ec0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 2006-08-12  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
-	* src/PageView.py: fix search argument when filter applied
+	* src/ScratchPad.py: fix removal of invalid objects (bug #291)
+	* src/PageView.py: fix search argument when filter applied (but #317)
 
 2006-08-11  Brian Matherly  <brian@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/plugins/DetDescendantReport.py: fix spouse name printing
diff --git a/src/ScratchPad.py b/src/ScratchPad.py
index 03757f5c4..d26b6567a 100644
--- a/src/ScratchPad.py
+++ b/src/ScratchPad.py
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ class ScratchPadListView:
 
         if model:
             for o in model:
-                if not o.is_valid():
+                if not o[1].is_valid():
                     model.remove(o)
     
     # Method to manage the wrapper classes.