diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7ccc59edf..bf911fc72 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-09-28 James G. Sack <jgsack@san.rr.com>
+	* src/GrampsDb/_GrampsDbBase.py:
+	0001187: Runaway Gramps XML file sizes
+
 2007-09-28  Gary Burton <gary.burton@zen.co.uk>
 	* src/plugins/NarrativeWeb.py: 0001236: Narrative web report: If the event 
 	has no date, there's no place (Issue #0001236)
diff --git a/src/GrampsDb/_GrampsDbBase.py b/src/GrampsDb/_GrampsDbBase.py
index 1634ae24a..d220dff55 100644
--- a/src/GrampsDb/_GrampsDbBase.py
+++ b/src/GrampsDb/_GrampsDbBase.py
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ _SIGBASE = ('person', 'family', 'source', 'event',
             'media', 'place', 'repository','note')
 
 class GrampsDbBookmarks:
-    def __init__(self, default = []):
-        self.bookmarks = default
+    def __init__(self, default=[]):
+        self.bookmarks = list(default) # want a copy (not an alias)
 
     def set(self, new_list):
         self.bookmarks = new_list