diff --git a/src/libprs500/__init__.py b/src/libprs500/__init__.py
index dd2ab53f29..e55bfece2b 100644
--- a/src/libprs500/__init__.py
+++ b/src/libprs500/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 ##    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 ##    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 ''' E-book management software'''
-__version__   = "0.4.9"
+__version__   = "0.4.10"
 __docformat__ = "epytext"
 __author__    = "Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>"
 __appname__   = 'libprs500'
diff --git a/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py b/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py
index 222599eaac..b14a87cb3e 100644
--- a/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py
+++ b/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py
@@ -1607,6 +1607,7 @@ def process_file(path, options, logger=None):
                                      re.compile(fpba[2], re.IGNORECASE)]
     if not hasattr(options, 'anchor_ids'):
         options.anchor_ids = True
+    options.use_spine = options.use_spine and options.toc.toc is not None
     files = options.spine if options.use_spine else [path]
     conv = HTMLConverter(book, fonts, options, logger, files)
     if options.use_spine:
diff --git a/src/libprs500/ebooks/metadata/opf.py b/src/libprs500/ebooks/metadata/opf.py
index 0b65b94962..b49e1daf3b 100644
--- a/src/libprs500/ebooks/metadata/opf.py
+++ b/src/libprs500/ebooks/metadata/opf.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class Spine(list):
 class TOC(list):
     
     def __init__(self, opfreader, cwd):
+        self.toc = toc = None
         try:
             toc = opfreader.soup.find('guide').find('reference', attrs={'type':'toc'})['href']
         except:
@@ -71,19 +72,21 @@ class TOC(list):
                 if 'toc' in item.href.lower():
                     toc = item.href
                     break
-        toc = urlparse(unquote(toc))[2]
-        if not os.path.isabs(toc):
-            toc = os.path.join(cwd, toc)
-        self.toc = toc
-        soup = BeautifulSoup(open(toc, 'rb').read(), convertEntities=BeautifulSoup.HTML_ENTITIES)
-        for a in soup.findAll('a'):
-            if not a.has_key('href'):
-                continue
-            href = urlparse(unquote(a['href']))[2]
-            if not os.path.isabs(href):
-                href = os.path.join(cwd, href)
-            txt = ''.join([unicode(s).strip() for s in a.findAll(text=True)])
-            self.append((href, txt))
+        if toc is not None:
+            toc = urlparse(unquote(toc))[2]
+            if not os.path.isabs(toc):
+                toc = os.path.join(cwd, toc)
+            self.toc = toc
+    
+            soup = BeautifulSoup(open(toc, 'rb').read(), convertEntities=BeautifulSoup.HTML_ENTITIES)
+            for a in soup.findAll('a'):
+                if not a.has_key('href'):
+                    continue
+                href = urlparse(unquote(a['href']))[2]
+                if not os.path.isabs(href):
+                    href = os.path.join(cwd, href)
+                txt = ''.join([unicode(s).strip() for s in a.findAll(text=True)])
+                self.append((href, txt))
             
 
 class OPFReader(MetaInformation):