diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 6a29bb9bc4..f76114582f 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-06-22  Alfredo Braunstein  <abraunst@libero.it>
+
+	* buffer.C: fix a bug just introduced
+	
 2003-06-21  Alfredo Braunstein  <abraunst@libero.it>
 
 	* buffer.[Ch]: added the parseError signal and use it, removed 
diff --git a/src/buffer.C b/src/buffer.C
index 2b724aa8a2..bacbbe69d7 100644
--- a/src/buffer.C
+++ b/src/buffer.C
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ int Buffer::readHeader(LyXLex & lex)
 		lyxerr[Debug::PARSER] << "Handling header token: `"
 				      << token << '\'' << endl;
 
+
 		string unknown = params.readToken(lex, token);
 		if (!unknown.empty()) {
 			if (unknown[0] != '\\') {
@@ -306,6 +307,7 @@ bool Buffer::readBody(LyXLex & lex, ParagraphList::iterator pit)
 	bool the_end_read = false;
 
 	if (paragraphs.empty()) {
+		readHeader(lex);
 		if (!params.getLyXTextClass().load()) {
 			string theclass = params.getLyXTextClass().name();
 			Alert::error(_("Can't load document class"), bformat(