diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 82d8536f6..923b8c127 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 	* src/GrampsDb/_GrampsBSDDB.py (rebuild_secondary): Proper
 	rebuild; convert surnames secondary index to DUPSORTed BTREE.
 	* src/GrampsDb/_GrampsBSDDB.py: upgrade from gramps20.
+	* src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py (parse): Properly set batch transaction.
 
 2006-01-17  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/DbPrompter.py: removed
diff --git a/src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py b/src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py
index e9249450d..0fa45a508 100644
--- a/src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py
+++ b/src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py
@@ -590,8 +590,7 @@ class GrampsParser:
 
     def parse(self,file,use_trans=True,linecount=0):
 
-        self.trans = self.db.transaction_begin()
-        self.trans.set_batch(True)
+        self.trans = self.db.transaction_begin("",batch=True)
         self.linecount = linecount
 
         self.db.disable_signals()