diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e4444cb41..2cc7561af 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2007-12-27  Brian Matherly <brian@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/docgen/CairoDoc.py: Fix 0001431: Tried to run a statistics report:
+
 2007-12-27  Brian Matherly <brian@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/plugins/DescendReport.py:
 	* src/plugins/AncestorReport.py:
diff --git a/src/docgen/CairoDoc.py b/src/docgen/CairoDoc.py
index f42a82d3d..729a04b7d 100644
--- a/src/docgen/CairoDoc.py
+++ b/src/docgen/CairoDoc.py
@@ -1212,19 +1212,20 @@ class CairoDoc(BaseDoc.BaseDoc, BaseDoc.TextDoc, BaseDoc.DrawDoc):
 
         # ...the text separately
         paragraph_style_name = style.get_paragraph_style()
-        paragraph_style = style_sheet.get_paragraph_style(paragraph_style_name)
-        paragraph_style.set_alignment(BaseDoc.PARA_ALIGN_LEFT)
-        
-        # horizontal position of the text is not included in the style,
-        # we assume that it is the size of the shadow, or 0.2mm
-        if style.get_shadow():
-            x_offset = style.get_shadow_space()
-        else:
-            x_offset = 0.2
+        if paragraph_style_name:
+            paragraph_style = style_sheet.get_paragraph_style(paragraph_style_name)
+            paragraph_style.set_alignment(BaseDoc.PARA_ALIGN_LEFT)
             
-        new_text = GtkDocText(paragraph_style, 'center', text,
-                              x + x_offset , y + h / 2, angle=0)
-        self._active_element.add_child(new_text)
+            # horizontal position of the text is not included in the style,
+            # we assume that it is the size of the shadow, or 0.2mm
+            if style.get_shadow():
+                x_offset = style.get_shadow_space()
+            else:
+                x_offset = 0.2
+                
+            new_text = GtkDocText(paragraph_style, 'center', text,
+                                  x + x_offset , y + h / 2, angle=0)
+            self._active_element.add_child(new_text)
     
     def draw_text(self, style_name, text, x, y):
         style_sheet = self.get_style_sheet()