diff --git a/Src/xWorks/LcmWordGenerator.cs b/Src/xWorks/LcmWordGenerator.cs
index 0e4c180721..eb1f895b2c 100644
--- a/Src/xWorks/LcmWordGenerator.cs
+++ b/Src/xWorks/LcmWordGenerator.cs
@@ -1951,7 +1951,7 @@ public static string AddImagePartToPackage(WordprocessingDocument doc, string im
 		{
 			MainDocumentPart mainPart = doc.MainDocumentPart;
 			ImagePart imagePart = mainPart.AddImagePart(imageType);
-			using (FileStream stream = new FileStream(imagePath, FileMode.Open))
+			using (FileStream stream = new FileStream(imagePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
 			{
 				imagePart.FeedData(stream);
 			}
@@ -2418,7 +2418,7 @@ private void AddBulletAndNumberingData(IFragment elementContent, ConfigurableDic
 						{
 							if (elem is Paragraph)
 							{
-								var paraProps = elem.Elements<ParagraphProperties>().First();
+								var paraProps = elem.Elements<ParagraphProperties>().FirstOrDefault();
 								if (paraProps != null)
 								{
 									// Only add the uniqueId to paragraphs with the correct style.  There could