diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 4d1a89bfb..2e1fb467d 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2006-08-14  Brian Matherly  <brian@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/gramps.py: mask strange Windows logging error on close
+
 2006-08-14  Alex Roitman  <shura@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/docgen/PdfDoc.py: Work for both utf8 and latin-1 capable
 	reportlab versions.
@@ -13,7 +16,7 @@
 	* src/DispalyTabs/_NoteTab.py: don't add text window using viewport (#344)
 	* src/DispalyTabs/_TextTab.py: don't add text window using viewport (#344)
 
-2006-08-12  Brian Matherly  <brian@gramps-project.org>
+2006-08-13  Brian Matherly  <brian@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/ManagedWindow.py: add present() to force parent focus (#0000342)
 
 2006-08-13  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
diff --git a/gramps2/src/gramps.py b/gramps2/src/gramps.py
index 87634e8e2..27957f064 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/gramps.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/gramps.py
@@ -138,12 +138,12 @@ def setup_logging():
         if type == KeyboardInterrupt:
             # Ctrl-C is not a bug.
             return
+        if type == IOError:
+            # strange Windows logging error on close
+            return
         import traceback
-        try:
-            log.error("Unhandled exception\n" +
-                      "".join(traceback.format_exception(type, value, tb)))
-        except IOError:
-            pass
+        log.error("Unhandled exception\n" +
+                  "".join(traceback.format_exception(type, value, tb)))
 
     sys.excepthook = exc_hook