diff --git a/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/objects.py b/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/objects.py
index ae9a5b59cb..6b01ac5073 100644
--- a/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/objects.py
+++ b/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/objects.py
@@ -730,8 +730,8 @@ class Text(LRFStream):
                 action = TextAttr.tag_map[tag.id]
                 if len(self.content) == 0:
                     current_style = style.copy()
-                name, val = action[0], LRFObject.tag_to_val(action, None, tag, None)
-                if current_style[name] != val:
+                name, val = action[0], LRFObject.tag_to_val(action, self, tag, None)
+                if name and current_style[name] != val:
                     # No existing Span
                     if len(self.content) > 0 and isinstance(self.content[-1], self.__class__.Span):
                         self.content[-1].attrs[name] = val