diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data/item.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data/item.js
index 783afa414..490162027 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data/item.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data/item.js
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ Zotero.Item.prototype.setType = function(itemTypeID, loadIn) {
 	if (loadIn) {
 		this._itemDataLoaded = false;
 	}
-	else {
+	else if(oldItemTypeID) {
 		this._markFieldChange('itemType', Zotero.ItemTypes.getName(oldItemTypeID));
 		if (!this._changedPrimaryData) {
 			this._changedPrimaryData = {};
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/rdf/init.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/rdf/init.js
index c92275d23..c3e063057 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/rdf/init.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/rdf/init.js
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ var $rdf = {
 	},
 	log: {
 		debug: Zotero.debug,
-		warn: Zotero.debug
+		warn: Zotero.debug,
+		error: Zotero.debug
 	}
 };
 
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/translation/translate.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/translation/translate.js
index 38b9f5da2..dba25677d 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/translation/translate.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/translation/translate.js
@@ -2258,6 +2258,8 @@ Zotero.Translate.IO = {
 			throw "DOMParser error: loading data into data store failed";
 		}
 		
+		nodes.normalize();
+		
 		return nodes;
 	},