diff --git a/data/interfaces/default/history.html b/data/interfaces/default/history.html
index 28254578..ae57248a 100755
--- a/data/interfaces/default/history.html
+++ b/data/interfaces/default/history.html
@@ -18,9 +18,24 @@
 	<div id="paddingheader">
 		<h1 class="clearfix"><img src="interfaces/default/images/icon_history.png" alt="History"/>History</h1>
 	</div>
+
+        <form action="markissues" method="get" id="markissues">
+        <div id="markissue">Mark selected issues as
+                <select name="action" onChange="doAjaxCall('markissues',$(this),'table',true);" data-success="selected issues marked">
+                        <option disabled="disabled" selected="selected">Choose...</option>
+                        <option value="Retry">Retry</option>
+                        <option value="Clear">Clear</option>
+                </select>
+                selected issues
+                <input type="hidden" value="Go">
+        </div>
+
+     <div class="table_wrapper" id="history_table_wrapper">
+
 	<table class="display" id="history_table">
 		<thead>
 			<tr>
+                                <th id="select" align="left"><input type="checkbox" onClick="toggle(this)" class="checkbox" /></th>
 				<th id="dateadded">Date Added</th>
 				<th id="filename">Comic Name</th>
                                 <th id="issue">Issue</th>
@@ -42,6 +57,7 @@
 					
 			%>
 			<tr class="grade${grade}">
+                                <td id="select"><input type="checkbox" name="${item['IssueID']}" class="checkbox" /></td>
 				<td id="dateadded">${item['DateAdded']}</td>
 				<td id="filename">${item['ComicName']}</td>
                                 <td id="issue">${item['Issue_Number']}</td>
@@ -51,6 +67,9 @@
 		%endfor
 		</tbody>
 	</table>
+      </div>
+
+        </form>
 </%def>
 
 <%def name="headIncludes()">
diff --git a/mylar/PostProcessor.py b/mylar/PostProcessor.py
index effcc7c5..02af7e65 100755
--- a/mylar/PostProcessor.py
+++ b/mylar/PostProcessor.py
@@ -574,11 +574,19 @@ class PostProcessor(object):
             if mylar.ENABLE_META:
                 self._log("Metatagging enabled - proceeding...")
                 logger.fdebug("Metatagging enabled - proceeding...")
-                import cmtagmylar
-                if ml is None:
-                    pcheck = cmtagmylar.run(self.nzb_folder, issueid=issueid)
-                else:
-                    pcheck = cmtagmylar.run(self.nzb_folder, issueid=issueid, manual="yes", filename=ml['ComicLocation'])
+                pcheck = "pass"
+                try:
+                    import cmtagmylar
+                    if ml is None:
+                        pcheck = cmtagmylar.run(self.nzb_folder, issueid=issueid)
+                    else:
+                        pcheck = cmtagmylar.run(self.nzb_folder, issueid=issueid, manual="yes", filename=ml['ComicLocation'])
+
+                except ImportError:
+                    logger.fdebug("comictaggerlib not found on system. Ensure the ENTIRE lib directory is located within mylar/lib/comictaggerlib/")
+                    logger.fdebug("continuing with PostProcessing, but I'm not using metadata.")
+                    pcheck = "fail"
+                
                 if pcheck == "fail":
                     self._log("Unable to write metadata successfully - check mylar.log file. Attempting to continue without tagging...")
                     logger.fdebug("Unable to write metadata successfully - check mylar.log file. Attempting to continue without tagging...")
diff --git a/mylar/filechecker.py b/mylar/filechecker.py
index 9a74759c..6b8b02f3 100755
--- a/mylar/filechecker.py
+++ b/mylar/filechecker.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def listFiles(dir,watchcomic,AlternateSearch=None):
     watchmatch = {}
     comiclist = []
     comiccnt = 0
-    not_these = ['\#',
+    not_these = ['#',
                ',',
                '\/',
                ':',
@@ -181,8 +181,14 @@ def listFiles(dir,watchcomic,AlternateSearch=None):
                                         logger.fdebug("negative issue detected.")
                                         #detneg = "yes"
                                 elif j > findtitlepos:
-                                    logger.fdebug("special character appears outside of title - ignoring @ position: " + str(charpos[i]))
-                                    nonocount-=1
+                                    if subname[j:] == '#':
+                                        if subname[i+1].isdigit():
+                                            logger.fdebug("# detected denoting issue#, ignoring.")
+                                        else: 
+                                            nonocount-=1
+                                    else:
+                                        logger.fdebug("special character appears outside of title - ignoring @ position: " + str(charpos[i]))
+                                        nonocount-=1
                             i+=1
 
                     #remove versioning here
diff --git a/mylar/importer.py b/mylar/importer.py
index 17daeb5e..bc1eab9d 100755
--- a/mylar/importer.py
+++ b/mylar/importer.py
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ def addComictoDB(comicid,mismatch=None,pullupd=None,imported=None,ogcname=None):
         # let's remove the non-standard characters here.
         u_comicnm = comic['ComicName']
         u_comicname = u_comicnm.encode('ascii', 'ignore').strip()
-        dirbad = [':',',','/','?','!'] #in u_comicname or '/' in u_comicname or ',' in u_comicname or '?' in u_comicname:
+        dirbad = [':',',','/','?','!','\''] #in u_comicname or '/' in u_comicname or ',' in u_comicname or '?' in u_comicname:
         comicdir = u_comicname
         for dbd in dirbad:
             if dbd in u_comicname:
diff --git a/mylar/webserve.py b/mylar/webserve.py
index 1223aa36..39852f6c 100755
--- a/mylar/webserve.py
+++ b/mylar/webserve.py
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ class WebInterface(object):
             newaction = action
         for IssueID in args:
             #print ("issueID: " + str(IssueID) + "... " + str(newaction))
-            if IssueID is None or 'issue_table' in IssueID:
+            if IssueID is None or 'issue_table' in IssueID or 'history_table' in IssueID:
                 continue
             else:
                 mi = myDB.action("SELECT * FROM issues WHERE IssueID=?",[IssueID]).fetchone()
@@ -455,11 +455,14 @@ class WebInterface(object):
                     logger.info(u"Marking %s %s as %s" % (mi['ComicName'], mi['Issue_Number'], newaction))
                     #updater.forceRescan(mi['ComicID'])
                     issuestoArchive.append(IssueID)
-                elif action == 'Wanted':
+                elif action == 'Wanted' or action == 'Retry':
+                    if action == 'Retry': newaction = 'Wanted'
                     logger.info(u"Marking %s %s as %s" % (mi['ComicName'], mi['Issue_Number'], newaction))
                     issuesToAdd.append(IssueID)
                 elif action == 'Skipped':
                     logger.info(u"Marking " + str(IssueID) + " as Skipped")
+                elif action == 'Clear':
+                    myDB.action("DELETE FROM snatched WHERE IssueID=?", [IssueID])
                 controlValueDict = {"IssueID": IssueID}
                 newValueDict = {"Status": newaction}
                 myDB.upsert("issues", newValueDict, controlValueDict)