diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5ca56ff2f..e5d6299e6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-12-19  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/ViewManager.py (ViewManager.post_load_newdb): make sure to enable
+	the readonly menu items
+
 2006-12-19  Alex Roitman  <shura@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/DataViews/_PersonView.py (person_removed): Typo.
 	* src/PluginUtils/_Options.py (save): Use unicode, not str.
diff --git a/src/ViewManager.py b/src/ViewManager.py
index 4ed2d9222..ab56db3cf 100644
--- a/src/ViewManager.py
+++ b/src/ViewManager.py
@@ -903,6 +903,7 @@ class ViewManager:
         
         self.change_page(None, None)
         self.actiongroup.set_visible(True)
+	self.readonlygroup.set_visible(True)
 
         self.file_loaded = True