diff --git a/nw/gui/doctree.py b/nw/gui/doctree.py
index dac47b1c..f4edfeec 100644
--- a/nw/gui/doctree.py
+++ b/nw/gui/doctree.py
@@ -236,6 +236,12 @@ class GuiDocTree(QTreeWidget):
             self.orphRoot = newItem
             newItem.setExpanded(True)
         return
+    
+    def _cleanOrphanedRoot(self):
+        if self.orphRoot.childCount() == 0:
+            self.takeTopLevelItem(self.indexOfTopLevelItem(self.orphRoot))
+            self.orphRoot = None
+        return
 
     def setTreeItemValues(self, tHandle):
 
@@ -260,7 +266,7 @@ class GuiDocTree(QTreeWidget):
 
     def propagateCount(self, tHandle, theCount, nDepth=0):
         tItem = self.theMap[tHandle]
-        tItem.setText(self.C_COUNT,"{:n}".format(theCount))
+        tItem.setText(self.C_COUNT,str(theCount))
         pItem = tItem.parent()
         if pItem is not None:
             pCount = 0
@@ -316,7 +322,7 @@ class GuiDocTree(QTreeWidget):
         dHandle = dItem.text(self.C_HANDLE)
         snItem  = self.theProject.getItem(sHandle)
         dnItem  = self.theProject.getItem(dHandle)
-        isSame  = snItem.itemClass == dnItem.itemClass and dnItem.itemType
+        isSame  = snItem.itemClass == dnItem.itemClass
         isNone  = snItem.itemClass == nwItemClass.NO_CLASS
         isFile  = dnItem.itemType == nwItemType.FILE
         isRoot  = snItem.itemType == nwItemType.ROOT
@@ -324,6 +330,10 @@ class GuiDocTree(QTreeWidget):
         if (isSame or isNone) and not (isFile and isOnTop) and not isRoot:
             logger.verbose("Drag'n'drop of item %s accepted" % sHandle)
             QTreeWidget.dropEvent(self, theEvent)
+            if isNone:
+                snItem.setClass(dnItem.itemClass)
+                self.setTreeItemValues(sHandle)
+                self._cleanOrphanedRoot()
         else:
             logger.verbose("Drag'n'drop of item %s not accepted" % sHandle)
 
diff --git a/sample/sampleNovel/nwProject.nwx b/sample/sampleNovel/nwProject.nwx
index 6cae852c..48d6d3ee 100644
--- a/sample/sampleNovel/nwProject.nwx
+++ b/sample/sampleNovel/nwProject.nwx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
-<novelWriterXML appVersion="0.0.1" fileVersion="1.0" timeStamp="2019-04-28 14:03:05">
+<novelWriterXML appVersion="0.0.1" fileVersion="1.0" timeStamp="2019-04-30 20:04:07">
   <project>
     <name>Sample Project</name>
     <title>Sample Project</title>
@@ -16,7 +16,20 @@
       <children>True</children>
       <expanded>True</expanded>
     </item>
-    <item handle="e7ded148d6e4a" order="0" parent="7031beac91f75">
+    <item handle="53b69b83cdafc" order="0" parent="None">
+      <name>Title Page</name>
+      <type>FILE</type>
+      <class>NOVEL</class>
+      <status>0</status>
+      <depth>0</depth>
+      <children>False</children>
+      <expanded>False</expanded>
+      <layout>TITLE</layout>
+      <charCount>0</charCount>
+      <wordCount>0</wordCount>
+      <paraCount>0</paraCount>
+    </item>
+    <item handle="e7ded148d6e4a" order="1" parent="7031beac91f75">
       <name>Some Chapter</name>
       <type>FOLDER</type>
       <class>NOVEL</class>