diff --git a/mylar/PostProcessor.py b/mylar/PostProcessor.py
index a9828c8b..c0046d95 100755
--- a/mylar/PostProcessor.py
+++ b/mylar/PostProcessor.py
@@ -252,18 +252,31 @@ class PostProcessor(object):
                         #force it to use the Publication Date of the latest issue instead of the Latest Date (which could be anything)
                         latestdate = myDB.select('SELECT IssueDate from issues WHERE ComicID=? order by ReleaseDate DESC', [wv['ComicID']])
                         if latestdate:
-                            latestdate = latestdate[0][0]
+                            tmplatestdate = latestdate[0][0]
+                            if tmplatestdate[:4] != wv['LatestDate'][:4]:
+                                if tmplatestdate[:4] > wv['LatestDate'][:4]:
+                                    latestdate = tmplatestdate
+                                else:
+                                    latestdate = wv['LatestDate']
+                            else:
+                                latestdate = tmplatestdate
                         else:
                             latestdate = wv['LatestDate']
 
-                        logger.fdebug('Latest Date set to :' + str(latestdate))
                         if latestdate == '0000-00-00' or latestdate == 'None' or latestdate is None:
                             logger.fdebug('Forcing a refresh of series: ' + wv_comicname + ' as it appears to have incomplete issue dates.')
                             updater.dbUpdate([wv_comicid])
                             logger.fdebug('Refresh complete for ' + wv_comicname + '. Rechecking issue dates for completion.')
                             latestdate = myDB.select('SELECT IssueDate from issues WHERE ComicID=? order by ReleaseDate DESC', [wv['ComicID']])
                             if latestdate:
-                                latestdate = latestdate[0][0]
+                                tmplatestdate = latestdate[0][0]
+                                if tmplatestdate[:4] != wv['LatestDate'][:4]:
+                                    if tmplatestdate[:4] > wv['LatestDate'][:4]:
+                                        latestdate = tmplatestdate
+                                    else:
+                                        latestdate = wv['LatestDate']
+                                else:
+                                    latestdate = tmplatestdate
                             else:
                                 latestdate = wv['LatestDate']
 
diff --git a/mylar/filechecker.py b/mylar/filechecker.py
index 1e8e5ef0..fb812c0a 100755
--- a/mylar/filechecker.py
+++ b/mylar/filechecker.py
@@ -919,8 +919,8 @@ def listFiles(dir, watchcomic, Publisher, AlternateSearch=None, manual=None, sar
                     #set the issue/year threshold here.
                     #  2013 - (24issues/12) = 2011.
                     #minyear = int(comyear) - (int(issuetotal) / 12)
-
                     maxyear = manual['LatestDate'][:4]  # yyyy-mm-dd
+                    logger.fdebug('[FILECHECKER] Latest date: ' + str(maxyear))
 
                     #subnm defined at being of module.
                     len_sm = len(subnm)
diff --git a/mylar/helpers.py b/mylar/helpers.py
index 1c470107..4818299d 100755
--- a/mylar/helpers.py
+++ b/mylar/helpers.py
@@ -1229,7 +1229,7 @@ def havetotals(refreshit=None):
                     st_year = latestdate[:st_date]
                     year = '20' + st_year
                     latestdate = str(year) + '-' + str(st_remainder)
-                    logger.fdebug('year set to: ' + latestdate)
+                    #logger.fdebug('year set to: ' + latestdate)
                 c_date = datetime.date(int(latestdate[:4]), int(latestdate[5:7]), 1)
                 n_date = datetime.date.today()
                 recentchk = (n_date - c_date).days