diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/RTBItem.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/RTBItem.cs
index 79ef0581..1ec23b1d 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/RTBItem.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/RTBItem.cs
@@ -678,10 +678,14 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 				// if the plant has the change id option, the change id was entered when the program started.
 				// this should be saved for every piece of edited data.  Note that the set of config
 				// item Step_MultipleChangeID has the save built in to it.
-				if (MyStepRTB.MyItemInfo.IsStep && MyStepRTB.MyItemInfo.ActiveFormat.PlantFormat.FormatData.ProcData.ChangeBarData.ChgBarMessageFromEdit)
+				if (MyStepRTB.MyItemInfo.IsStep &&
+					MyStepRTB.MyItemInfo.ActiveFormat.PlantFormat.FormatData.ProcData.ChangeBarData.ChangeIds
+					&& !this.MyStepPanel.MyStepTabPanel.MyDisplayTabControl.EditorialChange)
 				{
 					StepConfig sc = MyStepRTB.MyItemInfo.MyConfig as StepConfig;
+					if (sc == null) sc = new StepConfig();
 					sc.Step_ChangeID = this.MyStepPanel.MyStepTabPanel.MyDisplayTabControl.ChgId;
+					//if (MyStepRTB.MyItemInfo.MyConfig == null) itm.MyContent.Config = sc.ToString();
 				}
 				MyStepRTB.FindAllLinks();
 				MyStepRTB.OrigRTF = MyStepRTB.Rtf;