diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs
index 03e19837..4fbb6732 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs
@@ -451,6 +451,10 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 				{
 					string val = lookup.GetROValueByAccPagID(sel.Text, spPrefix, igPrefix);
 					int? type = lookup.GetROTypeByAccPagID(sel.Text, spPrefix, igPrefix);
+					// if type is null, then set type to zero so that InsertROValue will put in "RO Not Found" for the value
+					if (type == null)
+						type = 0;
+
 					if ((int)type == 8) // Image
 					{
 						//Console.WriteLine("Image: {0} - {1}", sect.MyContent.Number, sect.MyContent.Text);
@@ -523,8 +527,10 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 					}
 					else
 					{
-						val = val.Replace("`", "\xB0");
+						if (val != null)
+							val = val.Replace("`", "\xB0");
 						//AddInfo("\tRO Found {0} = '{1}'", sel.Text, val);
+						// if val is null, then InsertROValue will put in "RO Not Found" for the value
 						InsertROValue(sel, val, sect.ActiveFormat.PlantFormat.FormatData.ROData.UpRoIfPrevUpper);
 					}
 					sel = FindRO();