diff --git a/src/libprs500/__init__.py b/src/libprs500/__init__.py
index e4127c75bd..f9f851dd3a 100644
--- a/src/libprs500/__init__.py
+++ b/src/libprs500/__init__.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ You may have to adjust the GROUP and the location of the rules file to
 suit your distribution.
 """
 
-__version__   = "0.3.35"
+__version__   = "0.3.36"
 __docformat__ = "epytext"
 __author__    = "Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>"
 
diff --git a/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py b/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py
index 59d4b89de2..1fd8bded8f 100644
--- a/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py
+++ b/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py
@@ -450,11 +450,11 @@ class HTMLConverter(object):
         
         if not self.top.parent:
             if not previous:
-                try:
-                    previous = self.book.pages()[0]
-                except IndexError:
+                self.top = get_valid_block(self.current_page)
+                if not self.top or not self.top.parent:
                     raise ConversionError, self.file_name + ' does not seem to have any content'
-        
+                return
+                
             found = False
             for page in self.book.pages():
                 if page == previous:
@@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ class HTMLConverter(object):
                     if not self.top:
                         continue
                     break
+            
             if not self.top or not self.top.parent:
                 raise ConversionError, 'Could not parse ' + self.file_name