diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 531950c34..2aec3d83e 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 2004-11-09  Don Allingham  <dallingham@users.sourceforge.net>
+	* src/gramps_main.py: fix goto_active_person
 	* src/DateParser.py: Handle month=12 in gregorian_valid
 
 2004-11-09 Alex Roitman  <shura@alex.neuro.umn.edu>
diff --git a/gramps2/src/gramps_main.py b/gramps2/src/gramps_main.py
index c6ddd148c..b112ea0d9 100755
--- a/gramps2/src/gramps_main.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/gramps_main.py
@@ -922,8 +922,8 @@ class Gramps:
         home = self.db.get_default_person()
         if home:
             self.change_active_person(home)
-            self.goto_active_person()
             self.update_display(0)
+            self.goto_active_person()
         self.full_update()
             
     def full_update(self):
@@ -1587,16 +1587,16 @@ class Gramps:
         person = self.db.get_person_from_handle(person_handle)
         try:
             self.change_active_person(person)
-            self.goto_active_person()
             self.update_display(0)
+            self.goto_active_person()
         except TypeError:
             WarningDialog(_("Could not go to a Person"),
                           _("Either stale bookmark or broken history "
                             "caused by IDs reorder."))
             self.clear_history()
             self.change_active_person(old_person)
-            self.goto_active_person()
             self.update_display(0)
+            self.goto_active_person()
     
     def on_default_person_activate(self,obj):
         if self.active_person: