diff --git a/plugins/BinLogReader/BinLog.cs b/plugins/BinLogReader/BinLog.cs
index e97bd83f..cf6cac36 100644
--- a/plugins/BinLogReader/BinLog.cs
+++ b/plugins/BinLogReader/BinLog.cs
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ namespace BinLogReader
 	public class BinLog
 	{
 		private static uint BINLOG_MAGIC = 0x414D424C;
-		private static short BINLOG_VERSION = 0x0100;
+		private static short BINLOG_VERSION = 0x0200;
 
 		private ArrayList oplist;
+		private PluginDb plugdb;
 
 		public ArrayList OpList
 		{
@@ -28,7 +29,12 @@ public ArrayList OpList
 			oplist = new ArrayList(init_size);
 		}
 
-		public static BinLog FromFile(string filename, PluginDb db)
+		public PluginDb GetPluginDB()
+		{
+			return plugdb;
+		}
+
+		public static BinLog FromFile(string filename)
 		{
 			if (!File.Exists(filename))
 				return null;
@@ -68,6 +74,12 @@ public static BinLog FromFile(string filename, PluginDb db)
 				else 
 					bl = new BinLog( (int)(fi.Length / 6) );
 
+				bl.plugdb = PluginDb.FromFile(br);
+				PluginDb db = bl.plugdb;
+
+				if (db == null)
+					throw new Exception("Plugin database read failure");
+
 				do
 				{
 					opcode = (BinLogOp)br.ReadByte();
@@ -246,14 +258,18 @@ public static BinLog FromFile(string filename, PluginDb db)
 				} while (opcode != BinLogOp.BinLog_End);
 				opcode =BinLogOp.BinLog_End;
 			} 
-			catch
+			catch (Exception e)
 			{
-				if (bl != null)
+				if (bl != null && bl.plugdb != null)
 				{
 					BinLogSimple bs = new BinLogSimple(BinLogOp.BinLog_Invalid, gametime, realtime, pl);
 					bl.oplist.Add(bs);
+				} 
+				else 
+				{
+					throw new Exception(e.Message);
 				}
-			} 
+			}
 			finally
 			{
 				br.Close();
diff --git a/plugins/BinLogReader/BinLogReader.exe b/plugins/BinLogReader/BinLogReader.exe
index 52a9ce4e..72069d60 100644
Binary files a/plugins/BinLogReader/BinLogReader.exe and b/plugins/BinLogReader/BinLogReader.exe differ
diff --git a/plugins/BinLogReader/Form1.cs b/plugins/BinLogReader/Form1.cs
index 91f0dfd3..e4a24e6b 100644
--- a/plugins/BinLogReader/Form1.cs
+++ b/plugins/BinLogReader/Form1.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 using System.Windows.Forms;
 using System.Data;
 using System.Text;
-using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 
 namespace BinLogReader
 {
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
 			base.Dispose( disposing );
 		}
 
-		private PluginDb plugdb;
 		private BinLog binlog;
 
 		#region Windows Form Designer generated code
@@ -250,7 +248,6 @@ static void Main()
 
 		private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
 		{
-			plugdb = null;
 			binlog = null;
 			g_UpdateViews = ViewAreas.Update_All;
 		}
@@ -281,8 +278,9 @@ private void UpdateViews(ViewAreas v, BinLogFlags b)
 
 			if (v == ViewAreas.Update_All || 
 				((v & ViewAreas.Update_Plugins) == ViewAreas.Update_Plugins)
-				&& (plugdb != null))
+				&& (binlog.GetPluginDB() != null))
 			{
+				PluginDb plugdb = binlog.GetPluginDB();
 				PluginList.View = View.Details;
 				PluginList.Columns.Add("Number", 60, HorizontalAlignment.Left);
 				PluginList.Columns.Add("File", 100, HorizontalAlignment.Left);
@@ -333,25 +331,7 @@ private void MenuFileOpen_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
 
 			try
 			{
-				/* try to open the accompanying database file */
-				Regex r = new Regex(@"binlog(\d+)\.blg");
-				Match m = r.Match(ofd.FileName);
-				if (!m.Success)
-				{
-					throw new Exception("Failed to find binary database, filename unrecognized!");
-				}
-				Group g = m.Groups[1];
-				CaptureCollection cc = g.Captures;
-				Capture c = cc[0];
-				string dbfile = r.Replace(ofd.FileName, "bindb" + c.ToString() + ".bdb", 1);
-
-				plugdb = PluginDb.FromFile(dbfile);
-				if (plugdb == null)
-				{
-					throw new Exception("Stream failure in database file");
-				}
-
-				binlog = BinLog.FromFile(ofd.FileName, plugdb);
+				binlog = BinLog.FromFile(ofd.FileName);
 				if (binlog == null)
 				{
 					throw new Exception("Stream failure in log file");
diff --git a/plugins/BinLogReader/PluginDb.cs b/plugins/BinLogReader/PluginDb.cs
index 9c464a26..9621b7fc 100644
--- a/plugins/BinLogReader/PluginDb.cs
+++ b/plugins/BinLogReader/PluginDb.cs
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ namespace BinLogReader
 	/// </summary>
 	public class PluginDb
 	{
-		private static uint BINDB_MAGIC = 0x414D4244;
-		private static short BINDB_VERSION = 0x0100;
 		private ArrayList PluginList;
 
 		public int Count
@@ -40,72 +38,38 @@ public Plugin GetPluginById(int id)
 			return (Plugin)PluginList[id];
 		}
 
-		public static PluginDb FromFile(string filename)
+		public static PluginDb FromFile(BinaryReader br)
 		{
-			if (!File.Exists(filename))
-				return null;
-
-			System.IO.FileStream stream = File.Open(filename, System.IO.FileMode.Open);
-			if (stream == null)
-				return null;
-			BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(stream);
-			if (br == null)
-				return null;
-
-			PluginDb db;
-
-			try
+			//read plugins
+			uint plugins = br.ReadUInt32();
+			PluginDb db = new PluginDb(plugins);
+			for (uint i=0; i<plugins; i++)
 			{
-				//check header
-				uint magic = br.ReadUInt32();
-				if (magic != BINDB_MAGIC)
-					throw new Exception("Invalid magic DB number");
-				//check version
-				ushort vers = br.ReadUInt16();
-				if (vers > BINDB_VERSION)
-					throw new Exception("Unknown DB version");
-				//read plugins
-				uint plugins = br.ReadUInt32();
-				db = new PluginDb(plugins);
-				for (uint i=0; i<plugins; i++)
+				byte status = br.ReadByte();
+				byte length = br.ReadByte();
+				byte [] name = br.ReadBytes(length + 1);
+				uint natives = br.ReadUInt32();
+				uint publics = br.ReadUInt32();
+				int id = db.CreatePlugin(
+					Encoding.ASCII.GetString(name, 0, length), 
+					(int)natives,
+					(int)publics, 
+					status,
+					(int)i);
+				Plugin pl = db.GetPluginById(id);
+				for (uint j=0; j<natives; j++)
 				{
-					byte status = br.ReadByte();
-					byte length = br.ReadByte();
-					byte [] name = br.ReadBytes(length + 1);
-					uint natives = br.ReadUInt32();
-					uint publics = br.ReadUInt32();
-					int id = db.CreatePlugin(
-						Encoding.ASCII.GetString(name, 0, length), 
-						(int)natives,
-						(int)publics, 
-						status,
-						(int)i);
-					Plugin pl = db.GetPluginById(id);
-					for (uint j=0; j<natives; j++)
-					{
-						length = br.ReadByte();
-						name = br.ReadBytes(length + 1);
-						pl.AddNative(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(name, 0, length));
-					}
-					for (uint j=0; j<publics; j++)
-					{
-						length = br.ReadByte();
-						name = br.ReadBytes(length + 1);
-						pl.AddPublic(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(name, 0, length));
-					}
+					length = br.ReadByte();
+					name = br.ReadBytes(length + 1);
+					pl.AddNative(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(name, 0, length));
+				}
+				for (uint j=0; j<publics; j++)
+				{
+					length = br.ReadByte();
+					name = br.ReadBytes(length + 1);
+					pl.AddPublic(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(name, 0, length));
 				}
 			} 
-			catch 
-			{
-				db = null;
-				throw new Exception("DB file is corrupt");
-			} 
-			finally 
-			{
-				br.Close();
-				stream.Close();
-				GC.Collect();
-			}
 
 			return db;
 		}