diff --git a/plugins/ktstandard/PDFGeneratorAction.php b/plugins/ktstandard/PDFGeneratorAction.php
index 5868384..b5422f0 100644
--- a/plugins/ktstandard/PDFGeneratorAction.php
+++ b/plugins/ktstandard/PDFGeneratorAction.php
@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ class PDFGeneratorAction extends KTDocumentAction {
         $iMimeTypeId = $oDocument->getMimeTypeID();
         $mimetypename = KTMime::getMimeTypeName($iMimeTypeId); // mime type name
 
+        // the pdf converter uses the mime type and not the extension.
+        return $mimetypename;
+
+        /*
         $sTable = KTUtil::getTableName('mimetypes');
         $sQuery = "SELECT filetypes FROM " . $sTable . " WHERE mimetypes = ?";
         $aQuery = array($sQuery, array($mimetypename));
@@ -211,6 +215,7 @@ class PDFGeneratorAction extends KTDocumentAction {
         }
 
         return _kt('Unknown Type');
+        */
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/plugins/pdfConverter/pdfConverter.php b/plugins/pdfConverter/pdfConverter.php
index 4930c3e..2123499 100644
--- a/plugins/pdfConverter/pdfConverter.php
+++ b/plugins/pdfConverter/pdfConverter.php
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ require_once(KT_DIR . '/search2/indexing/lib/XmlRpcLucene.inc.php');
 class pdfConverter extends BaseProcessor
 {
     public $order = 2;
+    protected $namespace = 'pdf.converter.processor';
 
     public function pdfConverter()
     {
@@ -70,14 +71,41 @@ class pdfConverter extends BaseProcessor
      */
 	public function getSupportedMimeTypes()
 	{
-	    $aAcceptedMimeTypes = array('doc', 'ods', 'odt', 'ott', 'txt', 'rtf', 'sxw', 'stw',
-            //                                    'html', 'htm',
-            'xml' , 'pdb', 'psw', 'ods', 'ots', 'sxc',
-            'stc', 'dif', 'dbf', 'xls', 'xlt', 'slk', 'csv', 'pxl',
-            'odp', 'otp', 'sxi', 'sti', 'ppt', 'pot', 'sxd', 'odg',
-            'otg', 'std', 'asc');
-
-        return $aAcceptedMimeTypes;
+//	    $aAcceptedMimeTypes = array('doc', 'ods', 'odt', 'ott', 'txt', 'rtf', 'sxw', 'stw',
+//            //                                    'html', 'htm',
+//            'xml' , 'pdb', 'psw', 'ods', 'ots', 'sxc',
+//            'stc', 'dif', 'dbf', 'xls', 'xlt', 'slk', 'csv', 'pxl',
+//            'odp', 'otp', 'sxi', 'sti', 'ppt', 'pot', 'sxd', 'odg',
+//            'otg', 'std', 'asc');
+
+        // taken from the original list of accepted types in the pdf generator action
+        $mime_types = array();
+        $mime_types[] = 'text/plain';
+        $mime_types[] = 'text/rtf';
+        $mime_types[] = 'text/xml';
+        $mime_types[] = 'text/csv';
+        $mime_types[] = 'chemical/x-pdb';
+        $mime_types[] = 'application/msword';
+        $mime_types[] = 'application/vnd.ms-powerpoint';
+        $mime_types[] = 'application/vnd.ms-excel';
+        $mime_types[] = 'application/vnd.sun.xml.writer';
+        $mime_types[] = 'application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.template';
+        $mime_types[] = 'application/vnd.sun.xml.calc';
+        $mime_types[] = 'application/vnd.sun.xml.calc.template';
+        $mime_types[] = 'application/vnd.sun.xml.draw';
+        $mime_types[] = 'application/vnd.sun.xml.draw.template';
+        $mime_types[] = 'application/vnd.sun.xml.impress';
+        $mime_types[] = 'application/vnd.sun.xml.impress.template';
+        $mime_types[] = 'application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text';
+        $mime_types[] = 'application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-template';
+        $mime_types[] = 'application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics';
+        $mime_types[] = 'application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics-template';
+        $mime_types[] = 'application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation';
+        $mime_types[] = 'application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation-template';
+        $mime_types[] = 'application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet';
+        $mime_types[] = 'application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet-template';
+
+        return $mime_types;
 	}
 
 	function convertFile($filename)
@@ -97,7 +125,7 @@ class pdfConverter extends BaseProcessor
 
         // Ensure the PDF directory exists
         if(!file_exists($dir)){
-            mkdir($dir, '0755');
+            mkdir($dir, 0755);
         }
 
         $pdfFile = $dir .'/'. $this->document->iId.'.pdf';
diff --git a/search2/bin/cronDocumentProcessor.php b/search2/bin/cronDocumentProcessor.php
index 4c2b57a..3e68a83 100644
--- a/search2/bin/cronDocumentProcessor.php
+++ b/search2/bin/cronDocumentProcessor.php
@@ -42,5 +42,5 @@ require_once(realpath('../../config/dmsDefaults.php'));
 
 KTUtil::call_page('search2/documentProcessor/bin/documentProcessor.php');
 
-
+exit(0);
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/search2/documentProcessor/documentProcessor.inc.php b/search2/documentProcessor/documentProcessor.inc.php
index 336a097..65a72f3 100644
--- a/search2/documentProcessor/documentProcessor.inc.php
+++ b/search2/documentProcessor/documentProcessor.inc.php
@@ -180,8 +180,11 @@ class DocumentProcessor
             // loop through processors
             if($this->processors !== false){
                 foreach($this->processors as $processor){
+                    $default->log->debug('documentProcessor: running processor: '.$processor->getNamespace());
+
                     // Check document mime type against supported types
                     if(!$this->isSupportedMimeType($item['mimetypes'], $processor->getSupportedMimeTypes())){
+                        $default->log->debug('documentProcessor: not a supported mimetype: '.$item['mimetypes']);
                         continue;
                     }
 
@@ -192,6 +195,9 @@ class DocumentProcessor
             }
         }
 
+        // update the indexer statistics
+        $this->indexer->updateIndexStats();
+
         $default->log->debug('documentProcessor: stopping');
     }
 
@@ -220,6 +226,7 @@ abstract class BaseProcessor
 {
     public $order;
     protected $document;
+    protected $namespace;
 
     public function BaseProcessor()
     {
@@ -227,6 +234,16 @@ abstract class BaseProcessor
     }
 
     /**
+     * Returns the namespace of the processor
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getNamespace()
+    {
+        return $this->namespace;
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Set the document object
      *
      * @param unknown_type $document