diff --git a/resources/recipes/hawaii.recipe b/resources/recipes/hawaii.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30a2b26def
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/recipes/hawaii.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+
+class AdvancedUserRecipe1282101454(BasicNewsRecipe):
+    title = 'West Hawaii Today'
+    language = 'en'
+    __author__ = 'Tony Stegall'
+    description = 'Westhawaiitoday.com'
+    publisher = 'West Hawaii '
+    category = 'news,Hawaii,USA'
+    oldest_article = 7
+    max_articles_per_feed = 100
+    no_stylesheets = True
+    remove_javascript = True
+
+    masthead_url = 'http://images.townnews.com/westhawaiitoday.com/art/whttoplogo.gif'
+
+
+
+
+
+    feeds          = [
+                       ('Local News',     'http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/?rss=local/'),
+                       ('Local Sports',   'http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/?rss=sports/local_sports/'),
+                       ('Big Fish List',  'http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/?rss=sports/big_fish_list/'),
+                       ('Local Features'  'http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/?rss=features/'),
+                       ('Obituaries',     'http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/?rss=obituaries/'),
+                       ('Letters To Editor',  'http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/?rss=opinion/letters_-_your_voice/'),
+                       ('Editorial',     'http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/?rss=opinion/editorial/'),
+                       ('Columns',       'http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/?rss=opinion/columns/'),
+                       ('Volcano Update Sunday',   'http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/?rss=volcano/')
+                    ]
+
+    def print_version(self, url):
+        split1 = url.split("//")
+        url1 = split1[1]
+        xxx = split1[2]
+        split2 = xxx.split(".")
+        artid = split2[0]
+        print 'ARTICLE ID IS: ', artid
+
+        #example of link to convert
+        #Original link: http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/articles/2010/08/27/local//local01.txt
+        #print version: http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/articles/2010/08/27/local//local01.prt
+
+        print_url = 'http://' + url1 + '//' + artid + '.prt'
+        print 'print_url is: ', print_url
+        return print_url
+
+        #test with ebook-convert hawaii.recipe output_dir --test -vv > myrecipe.txt
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/html/input.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/html/input.py
index 51c74228b7..d57bfddd3e 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/html/input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/html/input.py
@@ -491,6 +491,9 @@ class HTMLInput(InputFormatPlugin):
         return (None, raw)
 
 	def preprocess_html(self, html):
+        if not hasattr(self, 'log'):
+            from calibre.utils.logging import default_log
+            self.log = default_log
 		self.log("*********  Preprocessing HTML  *********")
 		# Detect Chapters to match the xpath in the GUI
 		chapdetect = re.compile(r'(?=</?(br|p|span))(</?(br|p|span)[^>]*>)?\s*(?P<chap>(<(i|b)><(i|b)>|<(i|b)>)?(.?Chapter|Epilogue|Prologue|Book|Part|Dedication)\s*([\d\w-]+(\s\w+)?)?(</(i|b)></(i|b)>|</(i|b)>)?)(</?(p|br|span)[^>]*>)', re.IGNORECASE)