diff --git a/webtools/webstats/addstats.pl b/webtools/webstats/addstats.pl
index 4846c9422a9e..7d1e00ef1b3a 100755
--- a/webtools/webstats/addstats.pl
+++ b/webtools/webstats/addstats.pl
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ while (<STDIN>) {
     }
 
     chomp;
-    if (! m@\[(\d+)/(\w+)/(\d+):(\d+):(\d+):(\d+).*\].*GET (/\S*) HTTP@) {
+    if (! m@\[(\d+)/(\w+)/(\d+):(\d+):(\d+):(\d+).*\w+ (/\S*)@) {
 	next;
     }
 	
diff --git a/webtools/webstats/addstats.sh b/webtools/webstats/addstats.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..4156d0cc4723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webtools/webstats/addstats.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# steal code from http log cruncher for ftp.mozilla.org.  yes, its hacky 
+# but it works
+#
+# awk '{print $4,$7,$9}' # Grab the date, url and http status code
+# grep 200$              # Only use the status code 200 (complete downloads)
+# awk '{print $1}'       # Remove http status code, leaving only the url
+# sed "s/\?.*//"         # Remove query strings
+# these should be equivalent ('...blah/index.html' == '...blah/' == '...blah')
+# sed "s/index.html//"   # Remove trailing index.html so these entries group
+                         # with urls without
+# sed "s/\(\w\)\/$/\1/"  # Remove ending slash on directories so they group
+                         # together. Not all directories have them. But don't
+                         # remove a lone slash. (the root url)
+
+
+zcat  $* |   awk '{print $4, $7, $9}' | grep 200$ | awk '{print $1, $2}'  | sed "s/index.html//" | sed "s/\?.*//" | sed "s/\(\w\)\/$/\1/" | ./addstats.pl