diff --git a/mystic/mutil.ini b/mystic/mutil.ini
index 2c6e20e..68d3aa3 100644
--- a/mystic/mutil.ini
+++ b/mystic/mutil.ini
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 ;    - Purge Message bases (by age and max messages)
 ;    - Pack and renumber message bases
 ;    - Post text files to message bases
+;    - Merge nodelists into Mystic format
 ;
 ; ==========================================================================
 ; ==========================================================================
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@
 	; Level 2 = verbose
 	; Level 3 = debug
 
-	loglevel=1
+	loglevel=2
 
 	; list of functions to perform on startup
 
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@
 	PackMessageBases   = false
 	ImportEchoMail     = false
 	ExportEchoMail     = false
+	MergeNodeLists     = true
 
 ; ==========================================================================
 ; ==========================================================================
@@ -459,3 +461,34 @@
 
 	; no options
 
+[MergeNodeLists]
+
+  ; Finds the latest nodelists and merges them together in the mystic data
+  ; folder.
+  ;
+  ; Set nodefile value one per line.  The value should contain the full path
+  ; and the base filename of the nodelist.
+  ;
+  ;   examples:
+  ;     nodefile=c:\nodelist\nodelist
+  ;     nodefile=c:\nodelist\agoranet
+  ;
+  ; The above example will search in c:\nodelist and select the latest
+  ; nodelist.### and agoranet.### nodelists.  This comparison is first done
+  ; by checking the day extension.  If the extension is archived (.z12, etc)
+  ; it will unarchive the nodelist first before comparison.
+  ;
+  ; After decompressing, the 3-digit day extensions are compared, selecting
+  ; the highest number.  It will then compare the years of the file dates,
+  ; and select the newest option.  So if you have nodelist.025 dated 2013
+  ; and also nodelist.320 dated 2012, nodelist.025 will be selected.
+  ;
+  ; The same process would then be repeated for agoranet.### and once the
+  ; two files are found, it will merge them together in Mystic's data folder
+  ; so it can be used for nodelist lookups.
+  ;
+  ; If no nodelists are found, Mystic will not overwrite the current
+  ; nodelist.
+
+  nodefile=d:\nodelists\nodelist
+  nodefile=d:\nodelists\agoranet
diff --git a/mystic/mutil.pas b/mystic/mutil.pas
index b3b53c2..76e6f5c 100644
--- a/mystic/mutil.pas
+++ b/mystic/mutil.pas
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ Uses
   mUtil_MsgPost,
   mUtil_EchoExport,
   mUtil_EchoImport,
+  mUtil_NodeList,
   bbs_DataBase;
 
 {$I MUTIL_ANSI.PAS}
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ Var
   DoMsgPack    : Boolean;
   DoMsgPost    : Boolean;
   DoImportMB   : Boolean;
+  DoNodeList   : Boolean;
 Begin
   ApplicationStartup;
 
@@ -201,6 +203,7 @@ Begin
   DoMsgPurge   := CheckProcess(Header_MSGPURGE);
   DoMsgPack    := CheckProcess(Header_MSGPACK);
   DoMsgPost    := CheckProcess(Header_MSGPOST);
+  DoNodeList   := CheckProcess(Header_NODELIST);
 
   // Exit with an error if nothing is configured
 
@@ -226,4 +229,5 @@ Begin
   If DoMsgPack    Then uPackMessageBases;
   If DoMsgPost    Then uPostMessages;
   If DoImportMB   Then uImportMessageBases;
+  If DoNodeList   Then uMergeNodeList;
 End.
diff --git a/mystic/mutil_common.pas b/mystic/mutil_common.pas
index 8539905..384bb29 100644
--- a/mystic/mutil_common.pas
+++ b/mystic/mutil_common.pas
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ Const
   Header_MSGPURGE   = 'PurgeMessageBases';
   Header_MSGPACK    = 'PackMessageBases';
   Header_MSGPOST    = 'PostTextFiles';
+  Header_NODELIST   = 'MergeNodeLists';
 
 Procedure Log                (Level: Byte; Code: Char; Str: String);
 Function  strAddr2Str        (Addr : RecEchoMailAddr) : String;
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ Begin
   If Str = '' Then
     WriteLn (T, '')
   Else
-    WriteLn (T, Code + ' ' + DateDos2Str(CurDateDos, 1) + ' ' + TimeDos2Str(CurDateDos, 2) + ' ' + Str);
+    WriteLn (T, Code + ' ' + FormatDate(CurDateDT, 'NNN DD YYYY HH:II') + ' ' + Str);
 
   Close (T);
 End;
diff --git a/mystic/qwkpoll.pas b/mystic/qwkpoll.pas
index 832b109..585792f 100644
--- a/mystic/qwkpoll.pas
+++ b/mystic/qwkpoll.pas
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ Begin
   FTP := TFTPClient.Create;
 
   If FTP.OpenConnection(QwkNet.HostName) Then Begin
+  writeln('DEBUG connected');
     If FTP.Authenticate(QwkNet.Login, QwkNet.Password) Then Begin
+    writeln('DEBUG authenticated; sending REP');
       FTP.SendFile (QwkNet.UsePassive, TempPath + QwkNet.PacketID + '.rep');
 
       // if was sent successfully THEN update by setting
@@ -55,13 +57,19 @@ Begin
       // in QWK class if we do this.
 
       DirClean       (TempPath, '');
+      writeln ('DEBUG downloading QWK packet');
       FTP.GetFile    (QwkNet.UsePassive, TempPath + QwkNet.PacketID + '.qwk');
+      writeln ('DEBUG unpacking QWK');
       ExecuteArchive (TempPath, TempPath + QwkNet.PacketID + '.qwk', QwkNet.ArcType, '*', 2);
 
+      writeln ('DEBUG importing QWK');
       QWK.ImportPacket(True);
+      writeln ('DEBUG imported QWK TODO add stats here');
     End;
   End;
 
+  writeln ('DEBUG disposing memory');
+
   FTP.Free;
   QWK.Free;
 
diff --git a/mystic/whatsnew.txt b/mystic/whatsnew.txt
index db620e9..bd983de 100644
--- a/mystic/whatsnew.txt
+++ b/mystic/whatsnew.txt
@@ -3721,4 +3721,11 @@
  ! MUTIL should now generate a MSGID when posting text files to an echomail
    base.
 
+ + MUTIL logs now use MMM DD YYYY date stamps, instead of MM/DD/YY.
+
+ + MUTIL now has a MergeNodeLists function which will scan for nodelist
+   files to find the most recent nodelists, then combine them and copy them
+   into the Mystic DATA folder so they can be used for node lookups.  It also
+   supports merging archived nodelists.  See MUTIL.INI for more information.
+
    <ALPHA 37 RELEASED>