diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs
index a4f8c93b..0f880328 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs	
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs	
@@ -1429,8 +1429,10 @@ namespace VEPROMS
 
 			// See if any database 'changes' need done and do them:
 			MakeDatabaseChanges();
-
-			_MyMRIList = MostRecentItemList.GetMRILst((System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection)(Properties.Settings.Default["MRIList"]));
+			if (Volian.Base.Library.VlnSettings.GetCommandFlag("NOMRU")) // B2017-193 Error occured when a section in the MRU was being loaded as an iteminfo
+				_MyMRIList = new MostRecentItemList();
+			else
+				_MyMRIList = MostRecentItemList.GetMRILst((System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection)(Properties.Settings.Default["MRIList"]));
 			_MyMRIList.AfterRemove += new ItemInfoEvent(_MyMRIList_AfterRemove);
 			SetupMRU();
 			// if the user selected to "Remember Last" (was "Save Expanded") then use the MRU list to
diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/vlnParagraph.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/vlnParagraph.cs
index 03b57260..09671bb1 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/vlnParagraph.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/vlnParagraph.cs
@@ -2306,6 +2306,8 @@ namespace Volian.Print.Library
 			while (ii != null)
 			{
 				SectionInfo supInfoSect = ii.ActiveSection as SectionInfo;
+				// B2017-193 Error occured when a section in the MRU was being loaded as an iteminfo
+				if (supInfoSect == null) supInfoSect = SectionInfo.Get(ii.ActiveSection.ItemID);
 				// if there is a pagebreak on this step section step, quit looking for supinfos.  The
 				// break has to occur here.
 				if (supInfoSect.StepSectPageBreaks.Contains(ii.ItemID)) return -1;