diff --git a/maintenance.go b/maintenance.go
index 1406f38..8afe8af 100644
--- a/maintenance.go
+++ b/maintenance.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func tidy() {
 	newCategories := []string{}
 	for f := range(allfiles(mothPath("packages"))) {
 		filename := f.Name()
-		filepath := mothPath(path.Join("packages", filename))
+		filepath := mothPath("packages", filename)
 		if ! strings.HasSuffix(filename, ".mb") {
 			continue
 		}
@@ -58,9 +58,21 @@ func tidy() {
 	//
 	// Collect new points
 	//
+	pointsLog = os.OpenFile(statePath("points.log"), os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
 	for f := range allfiles(statePath("points.new")) {
-		
+		filename := statePath("points.new", f.Name())
+		s := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
+		award, err := ParseAward(s)
+		if (err != nil) {
+			log.Printf("Can't parse award file %s: %s", filename, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintf(pointsLog, "%s\n", award.String())
+		log.Print(award.String())
+		pointsLog.Sync()
+		os.Remove(filename)
 	}
+	pointsLog.Close()
 }
 
 // maintenance is the goroutine that runs a periodic maintenance task
diff --git a/mothd.go b/mothd.go
index 8d6c08c..437214d 100644
--- a/mothd.go
+++ b/mothd.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -16,6 +17,47 @@ var basePath = "."
 var maintenanceInterval = 20 * time.Second
 var categories = []string{}
 
+type Award struct {
+	when time.Time,
+	team string,
+	category string,
+	points int,
+	comment string
+}
+
+func ParseAward(s string) (*Award, error) {
+	ret := Award{}
+	
+	parts := strings.SplitN(s, " ", 5)
+	if len(parts) < 4 {
+		return nil, Error("Malformed award string")
+	}
+	
+	whenEpoch, err = strconv.Atoi(parts[0])
+	if (err != nil) {
+		return nil, Errorf("Malformed timestamp: %s", parts[0])
+	}
+	ret.when = time.Unix(whenEpoch, 0)
+	
+	ret.team = parts[1]
+	ret.category = parts[2]
+	
+	points, err = strconv.Atoi(parts[3])
+	if (err != nil) {
+		return nil, Errorf("Malformed points: %s", parts[3])
+	}
+	
+	if len(parts) == 5 {
+		ret.comment = parts[4]
+	}
+	
+	return &ret
+}
+
+func (a *Award) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%d %s %s %d %s", a.when.Unix(), a.team, a.category, a.points, a.comment)
+}
+
 func mooHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	moo := req.FormValue("moo")
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Hello, %q. %s", html.EscapeString(req.URL.Path), html.EscapeString(moo))
@@ -28,12 +70,12 @@ func rootHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	}
 }
 
-func mothPath(filename string) string {
-	return path.Join(basePath, filename)
+func mothPath(parts ...string) string {
+	return path.Join(basePath, parts...)
 }
 
-func statePath(filename string) string {
-	return path.Join(basePath, "state", filename)
+func statePath(parts ...string) string {
+	return path.Join(basePath, "state", parts...)
 }
 
 func exists(filename string) bool {