diff --git a/src/input/Manager.cc b/src/input/Manager.cc
index 4438a07c6c..ea4c5643fa 100644
--- a/src/input/Manager.cc
+++ b/src/input/Manager.cc
@@ -789,13 +789,6 @@ int Manager::SendEntryTable(const ReaderFrontend* reader, const int id, const Va
 	InputHash *h = filter->lastDict->Lookup(idxhash);
 	if ( h != 0 ) {
 		// seen before
-		
-		valhash->Hash();
-		
-		h->valhash->Hash();
-		
-
-
 		if ( filter->num_val_fields == 0 || h->valhash->Hash() == valhash->Hash() ) {
 			// ok, exact duplicate
 			filter->lastDict->Remove(idxhash);
diff --git a/src/input/readers/Ascii.cc b/src/input/readers/Ascii.cc
index cd1723e5e4..5a3569a95f 100644
--- a/src/input/readers/Ascii.cc
+++ b/src/input/readers/Ascii.cc
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
 
 #define MANUAL 0
 #define REREAD 1
+#define STREAM 2
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 using namespace input::reader;
 using threading::Value;
@@ -84,6 +89,7 @@ bool Ascii::DoInit(string path, int arg_mode)
 	started = false;
 	fname = path;
 	mode = arg_mode;
+	mtime = 0;
 	
 	file = new ifstream(path.c_str());
 	if ( !file->is_open() ) {
@@ -91,7 +97,7 @@ bool Ascii::DoInit(string path, int arg_mode)
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	if ( ( mode != MANUAL ) && (mode != REREAD) ) {
+	if ( ( mode != MANUAL ) && (mode != REREAD) && ( mode != STREAM ) ) {
 		Error(Fmt("Unsupported read mode %d for source %s", mode, path.c_str()));
 		return false;
 	} 	
@@ -402,23 +408,58 @@ Value* Ascii::EntryToVal(string s, FieldMapping field) {
 
 // read the entire file and send appropriate thingies back to InputMgr
 bool Ascii::DoUpdate() {
-	// dirty, fix me. (well, apparently after trying seeking, etc - this is not that bad)
-	if ( file && file->is_open() ) {
-		file->close();
-	}
-	file = new ifstream(fname.c_str());
-	if ( !file->is_open() ) {
-		Error(Fmt("cannot open %s", fname.c_str()));
-		return false;
+	switch ( mode ) {
+		case REREAD:
+			// check if the file has changed
+			struct stat sb;
+			if ( stat(fname.c_str(), &sb) == -1 ) {
+				Error(Fmt("Could not get stat for %s", fname.c_str()));
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			if ( sb.st_mtime <= mtime ) {
+				// no change
+				return true;
+			}
+
+			mtime = sb.st_mtime;
+			// file changed. reread.
+
+			// fallthrough
+		case MANUAL:
+		case STREAM:
+
+			// dirty, fix me. (well, apparently after trying seeking, etc - this is not that bad)
+			if ( file && file->is_open() ) {
+				if ( mode == STREAM ) {
+					file->clear(); // remove end of file evil bits
+					break;
+				}
+				file->close();
+			}
+			file = new ifstream(fname.c_str());
+			if ( !file->is_open() ) {
+				Error(Fmt("cannot open %s", fname.c_str()));
+				return false;
+			}
+
+
+			if ( ReadHeader() == false ) {
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			break;
+		default:
+			assert(false);
+
 	}
+
+
 	// 
 	
 	// file->seekg(0, ios::beg); // do not forget clear.
 
 
-	if ( ReadHeader() == false ) {
-		return false;
-	}
 
 	string line;
 	while ( GetLine(line ) ) {
@@ -504,8 +545,9 @@ bool Ascii::DoHeartbeat(double network_time, double current_time)
 			// yay, we do nothing :)
 			break;
 		case REREAD:
-
-
+		case STREAM:
+			DoUpdate();
+			break;
 		default:
 			assert(false);
 	}
diff --git a/src/input/readers/Ascii.h b/src/input/readers/Ascii.h
index 766716e29d..017e5630d4 100644
--- a/src/input/readers/Ascii.h
+++ b/src/input/readers/Ascii.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ private:
 	int mode;
 
 	bool started;
+	time_t mtime;
 
 };