diff --git a/Cantera/src/converters/Makefile.in b/Cantera/src/converters/Makefile.in
index 2755aa2c4..f331ce0cb 100644
--- a/Cantera/src/converters/Makefile.in
+++ b/Cantera/src/converters/Makefile.in
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ all: .depends $(CONV_LIB)
           $(INSTALL_TSC) "$${lh}" $(INCDIR) ; \
         done)
 
-%.d:
+%.d: Makefile %.o
 	@CXX_DEPENDS@ $(CXX_FLAGS) $(CXX_INCLUDES) $*.cpp > $*.d
 
 .cpp.o:
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ depends:
 .depends: $(DEPENDS)
 	cat *.d > .depends
 
+$(OBJS): Makefile
+
 TAGS: 
 	etags *.h *.cpp
 
diff --git a/Cantera/src/converters/newThermoReading.txt b/Cantera/src/converters/newThermoReading.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23fefb835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cantera/src/converters/newThermoReading.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+
+
+Currently, we will branch off of the therm keyword's argument list:
+The default is to assume the old thermo file format:
+
+therm NASA
+therm 
+
+The new file format is signaled by the following line
+
+therm NASA9