diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8b4e0603d..6b3db4c26 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-01-23  Don Allingham  <dallingham@users.sourceforge.net>
+	* src/BaseDoc.py: don't check for init on table or cell addition
+	* src/Report.py: Call doc.init() before write_report
+
 2005-01-23 Eero Tamminen <eerot@sf>
 	* src/plugins/StatisticsChart.py:
 	  - Complete refactoring of Extract class. There are now separate
diff --git a/src/BaseDoc.py b/src/BaseDoc.py
index d0cc51c83..c579fef19 100644
--- a/src/BaseDoc.py
+++ b/src/BaseDoc.py
@@ -1206,7 +1206,6 @@ class BaseDoc:
         @param name: name of the table style
         @param style: TableStyle instance to be added
         """
-        assert(self.init_called==False)
         self.table_styles[name] = TableStyle(style)
 
     def add_cell_style(self,name,style):
@@ -1216,7 +1215,6 @@ class BaseDoc:
         @param name: name of the table cell style
         @param style: TableCellStyle instance to be added
         """
-        assert(self.init_called==False)
         self.cell_styles[name] = TableCellStyle(style)
 
     def open(self,filename):
diff --git a/src/Report.py b/src/Report.py
index 06e55440c..a19738dcc 100644
--- a/src/Report.py
+++ b/src/Report.py
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ class Report:
             self.standalone = False
 
     def begin_report(self):
+        self.doc.init()
         if self.options_class.get_newpage():
             self.doc.page_break()