diff --git a/ctl b/ctl
index eb8d849..b8570a1 100755
--- a/ctl
+++ b/ctl
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ if [ "$1" == "ui" ]; then
     exit $?
 fi
 if [ "$1" == "update" ]; then
+    cd $BASE/$NAME
+    OLD=`$0 version`
     cd $BASE/platform
     echo Update platform..
     git pull
@@ -90,8 +92,10 @@ if [ "$1" == "update" ]; then
     cd $BASE/$NAME
     git pull
     find . -name '*.pyc' -exec rm "{}" \;
-    python2 oml setup
-    python2 oml update_static > /dev/null
+    $0 setup
+    $0 update_static > /dev/null
+    NEW=`$0 version`
+    $0 postupdate -o $OLD -n $NEW
     exit
 fi
 if [ "$1" == "python" ]; then
diff --git a/oml/app.py b/oml/app.py
index e7f3a84..e9759df 100644
--- a/oml/app.py
+++ b/oml/app.py
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ manager.add_command('update', commands.Update)
 #manager.add_command('start', commands.Start)
 #manager.add_command('stop', commands.Stop)
 manager.add_command('setup', commands.Setup)
+manager.add_command('version', commands.Version)
+manager.add_command('postupdate', commands.PostUpdate)
 manager.add_command('shell', Shell)
 manager.add_command('update_static', commands.UpdateStatic)
 
diff --git a/oml/commands.py b/oml/commands.py
index 828795e..663308b 100644
--- a/oml/commands.py
+++ b/oml/commands.py
@@ -3,17 +3,48 @@
 from __future__ import division
 
 import subprocess
+from os.path import join, exists, dirname
 import os
 
-from flask.ext.script import Command
+from flask.ext.script import Command, Option
+
+import settings
+
+root_dir = dirname(settings.base_dir)
+
+def run(*cmd):
+    p = subprocess.Popen(cmd)
+    p.wait()
+    return p.returncode
+
+def get(*cmd):
+    p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    stdout, error = p.communicate()
+    return stdout
 
 def r(*cmd):
     print ' '.join(cmd)
     return subprocess.call(cmd)
 
+def version(module):
+    os.chdir(join(root_dir, module))
+    version = get('git', 'log', '-1', '--format=%cd', '--date=iso').split(' ')[0].replace('-', '')
+    version += '-' + get('git', 'rev-list', 'HEAD', '--count').strip()
+    version += '-' + get('git', 'describe', '--always').strip()
+    os.chdir(root_dir)
+    return version
+
+
+class Version(Command):
+        """
+            Print current version
+        """
+        def run(self):
+            print version('openmedialibrary')
+
 class Debug(Command):
         """
-            Start Open Media Library in debug mode
+            Start in debug mode
         """
         def run(self):
             pass
@@ -39,25 +70,35 @@ class Update(Command):
         def run(self):
             pass
 
+class PostUpdate(Command):
+        """
+            Called by update to fix stuff
+        """
+        def get_options(self):
+            return [
+                Option('-o', '--old', dest='old'),
+                Option('-n', '--new', dest='new'),
+            ]
+
+        def run(selfi, old, new):
+            pass
+
 class Setup(Command):
         """
-            setup new node
+            Setup new node
         """
         def run(self):
             r('./ctl', 'db', 'upgrade')
             import setup
-            import settings
             setup.create_default_lists()
             settings.db.session.connection().execute("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL")
             settings.db.session.commit()
 
 class UpdateStatic(Command):
         """
-            update static files
+            Update static files
         """
         def run(self):
-            import settings
-
             oxjs = os.path.join(settings.static_path, 'oxjs')
             if not os.path.exists(oxjs):
                 r('git', 'clone', 'https://git.0x2620.org/oxjs.git', oxjs)
@@ -68,39 +109,17 @@ class UpdateStatic(Command):
 
 class Release(Command):
         """
-            release new version
+            Release new version
         """
         def run(self):
             print 'checking...'
-            import settings
             import os
-            import subprocess
             import json
             import hashlib
             import ed25519
-            from os.path import join, exists, dirname
 
-            root_dir = dirname(settings.base_dir)
             os.chdir(root_dir)
 
-            def run(*cmd):
-                p = subprocess.Popen(cmd)
-                p.wait()
-                return p.returncode
-
-            def get(*cmd):
-                p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-                stdout, error = p.communicate()
-                return stdout
-
-            def version(module):
-                os.chdir(join(root_dir, module))
-                version = get('git', 'log', '-1', '--format=%cd', '--date=iso').split(' ')[0].replace('-', '')
-                version += '-' + get('git', 'rev-list', 'HEAD', '--count').strip()
-                version += '-' + get('git', 'describe', '--always').strip()
-                os.chdir(root_dir)
-                return version
-
             with open(os.path.expanduser('~/Private/openmedialibrary_release.key')) as fd:
                 SIG_KEY=ed25519.SigningKey(fd.read())
             SIG_ENCODING='base64'
diff --git a/oml/media/pdf.py b/oml/media/pdf.py
index 2ed915d..2a024a5 100644
--- a/oml/media/pdf.py
+++ b/oml/media/pdf.py
@@ -37,13 +37,17 @@ def ql_cover(pdf):
         ]
         p = subprocess.Popen(cmd)
         p.wait()
-        image = glob('%s/*' % tmp)[0]
-        with open(image, 'rb') as fd:
-            data = fd.read()
+        image = glob('%s/*' % tmp)
+        if image:
+            image = image[0]
+            with open(image, 'rb') as fd:
+                data = fd.read()
+        else:
+            logger.debug('qlmanage did not create cover for %s', pdf)
+            data = None
         shutil.rmtree(tmp)
         return data
 
-
 def page(pdf, page):
     image = tempfile.mkstemp('.jpg')[1]
     cmd = [
@@ -133,7 +137,10 @@ def extract_text(pdf):
     p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
     stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
     if sys.platform == 'darwin':
-        stdout = stderr.split('kMDItemTextContent = "')[-1].split('\n')[0][:-2]
+        if 'kMDItemTextContent' in stderr:
+            stdout = stderr.split('kMDItemTextContent = "')[-1].split('\n')[0][:-2]
+        else:
+            stdout = ''
     return stdout.strip()
 
 def extract_isbn(text):
diff --git a/oml/user/api.py b/oml/user/api.py
index 7b3113c..21d8cf9 100644
--- a/oml/user/api.py
+++ b/oml/user/api.py
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ def sortLists(data):
         n += 1
         models.db.session.add(l)
     models.db.session.commit()
+    logger.debug('FIXME: broadcast orderlist event here')
     return {}
 actions.register(sortLists, cache=False)