diff --git a/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/trml2pdf.py b/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/trml2pdf.py
index 1cd5a9b938a..b88bbbb0050 100644
--- a/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/trml2pdf.py
+++ b/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/trml2pdf.py
@@ -819,10 +819,11 @@ class TinyDocTemplate(platypus.BaseDocTemplate):
 
 class _rml_template(object):
     def __init__(self, localcontext, out, node, doc, images={}, path='.', title=None):
+        if not localcontext:
+            localcontext={'header':'internal'}
+        if not localcontext.get('header',True):
+            localcontext.update({'header':'internal'})
         self.localcontext = localcontext
-        if not self.localcontext or not self.localcontext.get('header',False):
-            self.localcontext={}
-            self.localcontext.update({'header':'internal'})
         self.images= images
         self.path = path
         self.title = title