diff --git a/src/InputMgr.cc b/src/InputMgr.cc
index 18b17c7576..8db5a70c66 100644
--- a/src/InputMgr.cc
+++ b/src/InputMgr.cc
@@ -828,6 +828,7 @@ HashKey* InputMgr::HashLogVals(const int num_elements, const LogVal* const *vals
 			break;
 
 		case TYPE_STRING:
+		case TYPE_ENUM:
 			{
 			length += val->val.string_val->size();
 			break;
@@ -883,6 +884,7 @@ HashKey* InputMgr::HashLogVals(const int num_elements, const LogVal* const *vals
 			break;
 
 		case TYPE_STRING:
+		case TYPE_ENUM:
 			{
 			memcpy(data+position, val->val.string_val->c_str(), val->val.string_val->length());
 			position += val->val.string_val->size();
@@ -958,6 +960,10 @@ Val* InputMgr::LogValToVal(const LogVal* val, TypeTag request_type) {
 		return new SubNetVal(val->val.subnet_val.net, val->val.subnet_val.width);
 		break;
 
+	case TYPE_ENUM:
+		reporter->InternalError("Sorry, Enums reading does not yet work, missing internal inferface");
+		
+
 	default:
 		reporter->InternalError("unsupported type for input_read");
 	}
diff --git a/src/InputReaderAscii.cc b/src/InputReaderAscii.cc
index e4770421c6..f91c55b666 100644
--- a/src/InputReaderAscii.cc
+++ b/src/InputReaderAscii.cc
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ bool InputReaderAscii::GetLine(string& str) {
 
 // read the entire file and send appropriate thingies back to InputMgr
 bool InputReaderAscii::DoUpdate() {
-
 	 
 	// dirty, fix me. (well, apparently after trying seeking, etc - this is not that bad)
 	if ( file && file->is_open() ) {
@@ -198,6 +197,7 @@ bool InputReaderAscii::DoUpdate() {
 			//bzero(val, sizeof(LogVal));
 
 			switch ( currMapping.type ) {
+			case TYPE_ENUM:
 			case TYPE_STRING:
 				val->val.string_val = new string(s);
 				break;
diff --git a/src/input.bif b/src/input.bif
index c4bf14e3ed..7b051fba16 100644
--- a/src/input.bif
+++ b/src/input.bif
@@ -51,3 +51,4 @@ function Input::__remove_filter%(id: Log::ID, name: string%) : bool
 	bool res = input_mgr->RemoveFilter(id->AsEnumVal(), name->AsString()->CheckString());
 	return new Val( res, TYPE_BOOL);
 	%}
+