diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 770c39e8a..0f3e59dc0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Other:
 - Fixed http status code when requesting a non-existing static page using
   Tornado web server.
 - Fixed error in main script when using other database engine.
+- Fixed error on motion PDF with nested lists
 
 
 Version 1.5 (2013-11-25)
diff --git a/openslides/motion/pdf.py b/openslides/motion/pdf.py
index 2f89dc31a..6257192c5 100644
--- a/openslides/motion/pdf.py
+++ b/openslides/motion/pdf.py
@@ -157,25 +157,25 @@ def convert_html_to_reportlab(pdf, text):
     for element in soup.find_all('li'):
         # ... and replace ul list elements with <para><bullet>&bull;</bullet>...<para>
         if element.parent.name == "ul":
-            if element.ul:
-                # for nested ul lists use simple spaces (pragmatic solution)
-                element.li.insert(0, '&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;')
-                element.insert_before(element.find_all('li'))
+            # nested lists
+            if element.ul or element.ol:
+                for i in element.find_all('li'):
+                    element.insert_before(i)
                 element.clear()
             else:
                 element.name = "para"
                 bullet_tag = soup.new_tag("bullet")
-                bullet_tag.string = "&bull;"
+                bullet_tag.string = u"•"
                 element.insert(0, bullet_tag)
         # ... and replace ol list elements with <para><bullet><seq id="%id"></seq>.</bullet>...</para>
         if element.parent.name == "ol":
             # set list id if element is the first of numbered list
             if not element.find_previous_sibling():
                 id = random.randrange(0, 101)
-            if element.ol:
-                # nested ol list
-                element.li.insert(0, '&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;')
-                element.insert_before(element.find_all('li'))
+            # nested lists
+            if element.ul or element.ol:
+                for i in element.find_all('li'):
+                    element.insert_before(i)
                 element.clear()
             else:
                 element.name = "para"
diff --git a/tests/motion/test_pdf.py b/tests/motion/test_pdf.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7becbd12c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/motion/test_pdf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from django.test.client import Client
+from openslides.motion.models import Motion
+from openslides.participant.models import User
+from openslides.utils.test import TestCase
+
+
+class MotionPDFTest(TestCase):
+    """
+    Tests for motion PDF.
+    """
+    def setUp(self):
+        # Admin
+        self.admin = User.objects.get(pk=1)
+        self.admin_client = Client()
+        self.admin_client.login(username='admin', password='admin')
+
+    def test_render_nested_list(self):
+        Motion.objects.create(
+            title='Test Title chieM6Aing8Eegh9ePhu',
+            text='<ul><li>Element 1 aKaesieze6mahR2ielie'
+                 '<ul><li>Subelement 1 rel0liiGh0bi3ree6Jei</li>'
+                 '<li>Subelement 2 rel0liiGh0bi3ree6Jei</li></ul></li>'
+                 '<li>Element 2 rel0liiGh0bi3ree6Jei</li></ul>')
+        response = self.admin_client.get('/motion/1/pdf/')
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)