diff --git a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.1/airtime-upgrade.php b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.1/airtime-upgrade.php
index d05985a20..c077e1c25 100644
--- a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.1/airtime-upgrade.php
+++ b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.1/airtime-upgrade.php
@@ -213,24 +213,6 @@ function MergeConfigFiles($configFiles, $suffix)
     }
 }
 
-function InstallPhpCode()
-{
-    global $CC_CONFIG;
-    global $AIRTIME_SRC;
-    echo "* Installing PHP code to ".$CC_CONFIG['phpDir'].PHP_EOL;
-    exec("mkdir -p ".$CC_CONFIG['phpDir']);
-    exec("cp -R ".$AIRTIME_SRC."/* ".$CC_CONFIG['phpDir']);
-
-}
-
-function InstallBinaries()
-{
-    global $AIRTIME_UTILS;
-    echo "* Installing binaries to ".CONF_DIR_BINARIES.PHP_EOL;
-    exec("mkdir -p ".CONF_DIR_BINARIES);
-    exec("cp -R ".$AIRTIME_UTILS." ".CONF_DIR_BINARIES);
-}
-
 // Backup the config files
 $suffix = date("Ymdhis")."-1.8.1";
 foreach ($configFiles as $conf) {
@@ -245,6 +227,3 @@ echo "* Initializing INI files".PHP_EOL;
 MergeConfigFiles($configFiles, $suffix);
 
 $CC_CONFIG = LoadConfig($CC_CONFIG);
-
-InstallPhpCode();
-InstallBinaries();
diff --git a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.2/airtime-upgrade.php b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.2/airtime-upgrade.php
index 6ed7d1ec7..788db3e26 100644
--- a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.2/airtime-upgrade.php
+++ b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.8.2/airtime-upgrade.php
@@ -213,23 +213,6 @@ function MergeConfigFiles($configFiles, $suffix)
     }
 }
 
-function InstallPhpCode()
-{
-    global $CC_CONFIG;
-    global $AIRTIME_SRC;
-    echo "* Installing PHP code to ".$CC_CONFIG['phpDir'].PHP_EOL;
-    exec("mkdir -p ".$CC_CONFIG['phpDir']);
-    exec("cp -R ".$AIRTIME_SRC."/* ".$CC_CONFIG['phpDir']);
-}
-
-function InstallBinaries()
-{
-    global $AIRTIME_UTILS;
-    echo "* Installing binaries to ".CONF_DIR_BINARIES.PHP_EOL;
-    exec("mkdir -p ".CONF_DIR_BINARIES);
-    exec("cp -R ".$AIRTIME_UTILS." ".CONF_DIR_BINARIES);
-}
-
 $suffix = date("Ymdhis")."-1.8.2";
 foreach ($configFiles as $conf) {
     if (file_exists($conf)) {
@@ -243,6 +226,3 @@ echo "* Initializing INI files".PHP_EOL;
 MergeConfigFiles($configFiles, $suffix);
 
 $CC_CONFIG = LoadConfig($CC_CONFIG);
-
-InstallPhpCode();
-InstallBinaries();
diff --git a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/airtime-upgrade.php b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/airtime-upgrade.php
index 582f12a09..47f851305 100644
--- a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/airtime-upgrade.php
+++ b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/airtime-upgrade.php
@@ -621,15 +621,18 @@ class Airtime190Upgrade{
         exec($command, $output);
         print_r($output);
 
-        $oldAndNewFileNames = json_decode($output[0]);
+        if (isset($output[0])) {
 
-        $stor_dir_id = $propel_stor_dir->getId();
-        foreach ($oldAndNewFileNames as $pair){
-            $relPathNew = pg_escape_string(substr($pair[1], strlen($stor_dir)));
-            $absPathOld = pg_escape_string($pair[0]);
-            $sql = "UPDATE cc_files SET filepath = '$relPathNew', directory=$stor_dir_id WHERE filepath = '$absPathOld'";
-            echo $sql.PHP_EOL;
-            Airtime190Upgrade::execSqlQuery($sql);
+            $oldAndNewFileNames = json_decode($output[0]);
+
+            $stor_dir_id = $propel_stor_dir->getId();
+            foreach ($oldAndNewFileNames as $pair){
+                $relPathNew = pg_escape_string(substr($pair[1], strlen($stor_dir)));
+                $absPathOld = pg_escape_string($pair[0]);
+                $sql = "UPDATE cc_files SET filepath = '$relPathNew', directory=$stor_dir_id WHERE filepath = '$absPathOld'";
+                echo $sql.PHP_EOL;
+                Airtime190Upgrade::execSqlQuery($sql);
+            }
         }
 
         echo "Upgrading Linked Files".PHP_EOL;
diff --git a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/airtimefilemonitor/airtimemetadata.py b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/airtimefilemonitor/airtimemetadata.py
index d1a984cb9..b9e7164f2 100644
--- a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/airtimefilemonitor/airtimemetadata.py
+++ b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/airtimefilemonitor/airtimemetadata.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import hashlib
 import mutagen
 import logging
 import math
+import re
 
 """
 list of supported easy tags in mutagen version 1.20
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ class AirtimeMetadata:
 
     def get_md_from_file(self, filepath):
 
+        self.logger.debug("testing upgrade")
         self.logger.info("getting info from filepath %s", filepath)
 
         try:
@@ -133,9 +135,28 @@ class AirtimeMetadata:
             md['MDATA_KEY_TITLE'] = original_name
 
         #incase track number is in format u'4/11'
+        #need to also check that the tracknumber is even a tracknumber (cc-2582)
         if 'MDATA_KEY_TRACKNUMBER' in md:
+            try:
+                md['MDATA_KEY_TRACKNUMBER'] = int(md['MDATA_KEY_TRACKNUMBER'])
+            except Exception, e:
+                pass
+
             if isinstance(md['MDATA_KEY_TRACKNUMBER'], basestring):
-                md['MDATA_KEY_TRACKNUMBER'] = md['MDATA_KEY_TRACKNUMBER'].split("/")[0]
+                match = re.search('^(\d*/\d*)?', md['MDATA_KEY_TRACKNUMBER'])
+
+                if match.group(0) is not u'':
+                    md['MDATA_KEY_TRACKNUMBER'] = int(md['MDATA_KEY_TRACKNUMBER'].split("/")[0])
+                else:
+                    del md['MDATA_KEY_TRACKNUMBER']
+
+        #make sure bpm is valid, need to check more types of formats for this tag to assure correct parsing.
+        if 'MDATA_KEY_BPM' in md:
+            if isinstance(md['MDATA_KEY_BPM'], basestring):
+                try:
+                    md['MDATA_KEY_BPM'] = int(md['MDATA_KEY_BPM'])
+                except Exception, e:
+                    del md['MDATA_KEY_BPM']
 
         md['MDATA_KEY_BITRATE'] = file_info.info.bitrate
         md['MDATA_KEY_SAMPLERATE'] = file_info.info.sample_rate
@@ -152,4 +173,7 @@ class AirtimeMetadata:
             if(isinstance(md[key], basestring)):
                 md[key] = md[key].encode('utf-8')
 
+        self.logger.info("MD after parsing.")
+        self.logger.debug(md)
+
         return md
diff --git a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/airtimefilemonitor/mediamonitorcommon.py b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/airtimefilemonitor/mediamonitorcommon.py
index d3125c5b5..fa1fcbd8f 100644
--- a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/airtimefilemonitor/mediamonitorcommon.py
+++ b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/airtimefilemonitor/mediamonitorcommon.py
@@ -207,18 +207,18 @@ class MediaMonitorCommon:
 
         return filepath
 
-    def execCommandAndReturnStdOut(self, command):
-        p = Popen(command, shell=True, stdout=PIPE)
-        stdout = p.communicate()[0]
+    def exec_command(self, command):
+        p = Popen(command, shell=True, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
+        stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
         if p.returncode != 0:
             self.logger.warn("command \n%s\n return with a non-zero return value", command)
+            self.logger.error(stderr)
         return stdout
 
     def scan_dir_for_new_files(self, dir):
         command = 'find "%s" -type f -iname "*.ogg" -o -iname "*.mp3" -readable' % dir.replace('"', '\\"')
         self.logger.debug(command)
-        stdout = self.execCommandAndReturnStdOut(command)
-        stdout = unicode(stdout, "utf_8")
+        stdout = self.exec_command(command)
 
         return stdout.splitlines()
 
@@ -230,8 +230,6 @@ class MediaMonitorCommon:
         file_md = self.md_manager.get_md_from_file(pathname)
 
         if file_md is not None:
-            #is_recorded_show = 'MDATA_KEY_CREATOR' in file_md and \
-            #    file_md['MDATA_KEY_CREATOR'] == "AIRTIMERECORDERSOURCEFABRIC".encode('utf-8')
             filepath = self.create_file_path(pathname, file_md)
 
             self.logger.debug("Moving from %s to %s", pathname, filepath)
diff --git a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/media-monitor-upgrade.py b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/media-monitor-upgrade.py
index 7ccc68bf1..63ee5d837 100644
--- a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/media-monitor-upgrade.py
+++ b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/media-monitor-upgrade.py
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ mmc = MediaMonitorCommon(mmconfig)
 try:
     os.makedirs(organize_dir)
 except Exception, e:
-    print e
+    #organize dir already exists. ( really shouldn't though )
+    pass
 
 #older versions of Airtime installed from repository at least had owner of stor dir as "root"
 mmc.set_needed_file_permissions(stor_dir, True)
@@ -50,10 +51,17 @@ pairs = []
 for root, dirs, files in os.walk(mmconfig.storage_directory):
     for f in files:
         old_filepath = os.path.join(root, f)
-        new_filepath = mmc.organize_new_file(os.path.join(root, f))
-        pair = old_filepath, new_filepath
-        pairs.append(pair)
-        mmc.set_needed_file_permissions(new_filepath, False)
+        new_filepath = mmc.organize_new_file(old_filepath)
+
+        if new_filepath is not None:
+            pair = old_filepath, new_filepath
+            pairs.append(pair)
+            mmc.set_needed_file_permissions(new_filepath, False)
+        #incase file has a metadata problem.
+        else:
+            pair = old_filepath, old_filepath
+            pairs.append(pair)
+            mmc.set_needed_file_permissions(old_filepath, False)
 
 #need to set all the dirs in imported to be owned by www-data.
 command = "chown -R www-data " + stor_dir
diff --git a/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/airtimemediamonitorbootstrap.py b/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/airtimemediamonitorbootstrap.py
index 42b111001..b34ca2d48 100644
--- a/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/airtimemediamonitorbootstrap.py
+++ b/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/airtimemediamonitorbootstrap.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class AirtimeMediaMonitorBootstrap():
             command = "find %s -type f -iname '*.ogg' -o -iname '*.mp3' -readable" % dir
 
         stdout = self.mmc.exec_command(command)
-        self.logger.info(stdout)
+        #self.logger.info(stdout)
 
         new_files = stdout.splitlines()
 
diff --git a/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/airtimemetadata.py b/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/airtimemetadata.py
index d420ec074..b9e7164f2 100644
--- a/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/airtimemetadata.py
+++ b/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/airtimemetadata.py
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ class AirtimeMetadata:
 
     def get_md_from_file(self, filepath):
 
+        self.logger.debug("testing upgrade")
         self.logger.info("getting info from filepath %s", filepath)
 
         try: