Index: trunk/FACT++/src/gcn.cc
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--- trunk/FACT++/src/gcn.cc	(revision 18735)
+++ trunk/FACT++/src/gcn.cc	(revision 18780)
@@ -135,5 +135,5 @@
             const QDomElement errad  = pos2d.firstChildElement("Error2Radius");
 
-            if (date.isNull()   || author.isNull() || sname.isNull() || desc.isNull() ||
+            if (date.isNull()   || author.isNull() || sname.isNull() || //desc.isNull() ||
                 obsdat.isNull() || obsloc.isNull() || coord.isNull() || time.isNull() ||
                 pos2d.isNull()  || name1.isNull()  || name2.isNull() || val2.isNull() ||
@@ -203,5 +203,6 @@
 
             Out() << Time(date.text().toStdString()).GetAsStr() << " ----- " << sname.text().toStdString() << " [" << role << "]\n";
-            Out() << "[" << desc.text().toStdString()  << "]\n";
+            if (!desc.isNull())
+                Out() << "[" << desc.text().toStdString()  << "]\n";
             Out() << ptype.name << "[" << ptype.type << "]: " << ptype.description << endl;
             Out() << left;