1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libopie/tododb.cpp b/libopie/tododb.cpp
index 1e40c40..17163a0 100644
--- a/libopie/tododb.cpp
+++ b/libopie/tododb.cpp
@@ -47,48 +47,50 @@ public:
         task->setAttributes( map );
         tasks->appendChild(task);
     }
     QFile file( name);
     if( file.open(IO_WriteOnly ) ){
       QTextStream stream(&file );
       stream.setEncoding( QTextStream::UnicodeUTF8 );
       stream << "<!DOCTYPE Tasks>" << endl;
       tasks->save(stream );
       delete tasks;
       stream << "</Tasks>" << endl;
       file.close();
       return true;
     }
     return false;
   }
   QValueList<ToDoEvent> load( const QString &name ){
     qWarning("loading tododb" );
     QValueList<ToDoEvent> m_todos;
     XMLElement *root = XMLElement::load( name );
     if(root != 0l ){ // start parsing
       qWarning("ToDoDB::load tagName(): %s", root->tagName().latin1()  );
         //if( root->tagName() == QString::fromLatin1("Tasks" ) ){// Start
       XMLElement *element = root->firstChild();
+      if (element == 0 )
+          return m_todos;
       element = element->firstChild();
       while( element ){
         if( element->tagName() != QString::fromLatin1("Task") ){
           element = element->nextChild();
           continue;
         }
         qWarning("ToDoDB::load element tagName() : %s", element->tagName().latin1() );
         QString dummy;
         ToDoEvent event;
         bool ok;
         int dumInt;
         // completed
         dummy = element->attribute("Completed" );
         dumInt = dummy.toInt(&ok );
         if(ok ) event.setCompleted( dumInt == 0 ? false : true );
         // progress
         dummy = element->attribute("Progress" );
         {
             ushort dumShort = dummy.toUShort(&ok);
             event.setProgress( dumShort );
 
         }
         // hasDate
         dummy = element->attribute("HasDate" );