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diff --git a/lib/scripts/csv2lyx.py b/lib/scripts/csv2lyx.py
index 408b2afa7a..0002144461 100644
--- a/lib/scripts/csv2lyx.py
+++ b/lib/scripts/csv2lyx.py
@@ -149,7 +149,13 @@ else:
         dialect = guesser.sniff(input_file)
         reader = csv.reader(open(infile, "rb"), dialect = dialect)
     except:
-        reader = csv.reader(open(infile, "rb"), dialect = dialect, delimiter =',')
+        # older versions (python < 2.5) of csv have problems (bugs)
+        # that is why we try harder to get a result, this should work on most cases
+        # as it assumes that the separator is a comma (the c in csv :-) )
+        try:
+            reader = csv.reader(open(infile, "rb"), dialect = dialect, delimiter = ',')
+        except:
+            reader = csv.reader(open(infile, "rb"), delimiter = ',')
 
 # read input
 num_cols = 1 # max columns