diff --git a/gen-snapshot.sh b/gen-snapshot.sh
index 682069e34..41e38cd22 100755
--- a/gen-snapshot.sh
+++ b/gen-snapshot.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Script for generating nightly Airtime snapshot packages
 # Run from the directory containg the files checked out from git
 
-VERSION=2.3.0~$(date "+%Y%m%d")
+VERSION=2.4.0~$(date "+%Y%m%d")
 BUILDDEST=/tmp/airtime-${VERSION}/
 DEBDIR=`pwd`/debian
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ cd ${BUILDDEST} || exit
 
 # Set the version of the snapshot package
 
-sed -i "1s:(2.3.0-1):(${VERSION}):g" debian/changelog
+sed -i "1s:(2.4.0-1):(${VERSION}):g" debian/changelog
 
 # FIXES for 2.3.0 #############
 
diff --git a/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/metadata/definitions.py b/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/metadata/definitions.py
index 1e40c79f3..621449dd6 100644
--- a/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/metadata/definitions.py
+++ b/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/metadata/definitions.py
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ def load_definitions():
         t.depends('length')
         t.translate(lambda k: format_length(k['length']))
         
+    with md.metadata('MDATA_KEY_CUE_IN') as t:
+        t.default(u'0.0')
+        t.depends('cuein')
+        t.translate(lambda k: format_length(k['cuein']))
+
+    with md.metadata('MDATA_KEY_CUE_OUT') as t:
+        t.default(u'0.0')
+        t.depends('cueout')
+        t.translate(lambda k: format_length(k['cueout']))
+
     with md.metadata('MDATA_KEY_MIME') as t:
         t.default(u'')
         t.depends('mime')
diff --git a/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/metadata.py b/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/metadata.py
index d5dba3b51..bf5eb7333 100644
--- a/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/metadata.py
+++ b/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/metadata.py
@@ -45,8 +45,12 @@ airtime2mutagen = {
     "MDATA_KEY_URL"         : "website",
     "MDATA_KEY_ISRC"        : "isrc",
     "MDATA_KEY_COPYRIGHT"   : "copyright",
+    "MDATA_KEY_CUE_IN"      : "cuein",
+    "MDATA_KEY_CUE_OUT"     : "cueout",
 }
 
+#doesn't make sense for us to write these values to a track's metadata
+mutagen_do_not_write = ["MDATA_KEY_CUE_IN", "MDATA_KEY_CUE_OUT"]
 
 # Some airtime attributes are special because they must use the mutagen object
 # itself to calculate the value that they need. The lambda associated with each
@@ -111,7 +115,8 @@ class Metadata(Loggable):
         song_file = mutagen.File(path, easy=True)
         exceptions = [] # for bad keys
         for airtime_k, airtime_v in md.iteritems():
-            if airtime_k in airtime2mutagen:
+            if airtime_k in airtime2mutagen and \
+                    airtime_k not in mutagen_do_not_write:
                 # The unicode cast here is mostly for integers that need to be
                 # strings
                 if airtime_v is None: continue
diff --git a/python_apps/pypo/airtime-liquidsoap b/python_apps/pypo/airtime-liquidsoap
index 0812bd47d..def0aaae1 100755
--- a/python_apps/pypo/airtime-liquidsoap
+++ b/python_apps/pypo/airtime-liquidsoap
@@ -1,11 +1,38 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
+debug="f"
+
+showhelp () {
+    echo "Usage: airtime-liquidsoap [options]
+--help|-h                         Displays usage information.
+--debug|-d                        Print error messages to console" 
+}
+
+set -- $(getopt -l help,debug "hd" "$@")
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]
+do
+    case "$1" in
+    (-h|--help) showhelp; exit 0;;
+    (-d|--debug) debug="t";;
+    
+    (--) shift; break;;
+    (-*) echo "$0: error - unrecognized option $1" 1>&2; exit 1;;
+    (*)  break;;
+    esac
+    shift
+done
+
+
 virtualenv_bin="/usr/lib/airtime/airtime_virtualenv/bin/"
 . ${virtualenv_bin}activate
 
 export HOME="/var/tmp/airtime/pypo/"
 api_client_path="/usr/lib/airtime/"
-ls_path="/usr/bin/airtime-liquidsoap --verbose -f -d"
+if [ $debug = "t" ]; then
+    ls_path="/usr/bin/airtime-liquidsoap --verbose -f"
+else
+    ls_path="/usr/bin/airtime-liquidsoap --verbose -f -d"
+fi
 ls_param="/usr/lib/airtime/pypo/bin/liquidsoap_scripts/ls_script.liq"
 
 export PYTHONPATH=${api_client_path}