diff --git a/imxml2django.py b/imxml2django.py
index 06fb358..49ec48c 100755
--- a/imxml2django.py
+++ b/imxml2django.py
@@ -817,10 +817,7 @@ def djangoParseObject(xmlElement, indent=False, listtype=None, listnumber=0, uid
                 xmlResult = etree.Element("temp")
             else:
                 xmlElement.tag = "EOAparagraph"
-                if xmlElement.text:
-                    logging.debug(f"The beginning of this paragraph is: '{xmlElement.text[:40]}…'")
-                else:
-                    logging.debug(f"This is a paragraph without text.")
+                logging.debug(f"The beginning of this paragraph is: '{libeoaconvert.gettext(xmlElement)[:40]}…'")
                 quoted_paragraph = xmlElement.get("rend")
                 if quoted_paragraph is not None and quoted_paragraph == "quoted":
                     xmlElement.set("rend", "quoted")