diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 4c7458604..3ff2e46e6 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-05-30  Matt Brubeck  <mbrubeck@cs.hmc.edu>
+	* src/DbPrompter.py: fix handling of spaces when creating a new
+	file - use open instead of "touch"
+
 2005-05-30  Alex Roitman  <shura@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/po/sv.po: Typo (closes 1211150).
 
diff --git a/gramps2/src/DbPrompter.py b/gramps2/src/DbPrompter.py
index c2e9c3613..193bb9f74 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/DbPrompter.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/DbPrompter.py
@@ -472,7 +472,8 @@ class NewSaveasDbPrompter:
                     continue
                 filetype = type_selector.get_value()
                 if filetype == 'auto':
-                    os.system('touch %s' % filename)
+                    new_file = open(filename, "w")
+                    new_file.close()
                     filetype = get_mime_type(filename)
                 (the_path,the_file) = os.path.split(filename)
                 choose.destroy()