diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Config/DocVersionConfig.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Config/DocVersionConfig.cs
index 39566636..11629d68 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Config/DocVersionConfig.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Config/DocVersionConfig.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 		}
 		public static DVEnhancedDocuments Load(XMLProperties _Xp)
 		{
-			DVEnhancedDocuments eds = null;
+			DVEnhancedDocuments eds = new DVEnhancedDocuments(); // B2020-060: don't return null, caused null reference later
 			foreach (XmlNode xn in _Xp.XmlContents.SelectNodes("//Enhanced"))
 			{
 				XmlAttribute xa = xn.Attributes["VersionID"];