diff --git a/bin/report/report_sxw.py b/bin/report/report_sxw.py
index a85bac84f5c..1a10d80df94 100644
--- a/bin/report/report_sxw.py
+++ b/bin/report/report_sxw.py
@@ -441,8 +441,7 @@ class report_sxw(report_rml, preprocess.report):
         rml_parser.set_context(objs, data, ids, report_xml.report_type)
         processed_rml = etree.XML(rml)
         if report_xml.header:
-            rml_parser._add_header(processed_rml)
-        processed_rml = self.preprocess_rml(processed_rml,report_xml.report_type)            
+            rml_parser._add_header(processed_rml,self.header)
         if rml_parser.logo:
             logo = base64.decodestring(rml_parser.logo)
         create_doc = self.generators[report_xml.report_type]