diff --git a/mystic/HISTORY.txt b/mystic/HISTORY.txt
index 4931043..fbec675 100644
--- a/mystic/HISTORY.txt
+++ b/mystic/HISTORY.txt
@@ -4723,3 +4723,13 @@
    similar to how it works in a Unix environment.  This will help prevent
    a person from accidentally logging into a node that is being used during
    a local login.
+
+ + Mystic now sends IAC_DO_BINARY as part of the starting telnet negotiations
+   done by MIS.  This will help fix some weird issues with Linux/OSX default
+   telnet command line client.
+
+ + In MPL including a file has been changed to its own keyword as opposed to
+   minicing a compile directive:
+
+      Old: {$include myfile.mps}
+      New: include myfile.mps
diff --git a/mystic/mide.pas b/mystic/mide.pas
index d6c0172..ed8c4a5 100644
--- a/mystic/mide.pas
+++ b/mystic/mide.pas
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Const
   colEditPosBar  = 9 + 1 * 16;
 
 Const
-  Keywords = 23;
+  Keywords = 24;
   Keyword : Array[1..Keywords] of String[9] = (
     ( 'AND'       ),
     ( 'BEGIN'     ),
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ Const
     ( 'FOR'       ),
     ( 'FUNCTION'  ),
     ( 'IF'        ),
+    ( 'INCLUDE'   ),
     ( 'NOT'       ),
     ( 'OF'        ),
     ( 'OR'        ),
diff --git a/mystic/mpl_compile.pas b/mystic/mpl_compile.pas
index 1878e94..8bb9764 100644
--- a/mystic/mpl_compile.pas
+++ b/mystic/mpl_compile.pas
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ Type
     LastCharPos : LongInt;
     IdentStr    : String;
     AllowOutput : Boolean;
+    GotBlock    : Boolean;
     UpdateProc  : TParserUpdateProc;
     UpdateInfo  : TParserUpdateInfo;
     VarData     : VarDataRec;
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ Type
     Procedure PrevChar;
     Function  GetStr            (Str: String; Forced, CheckSpace: Boolean) : Boolean;
     Function  GetIdent          (Forced: Boolean) : Boolean;
+    Function  GetDirective      : String;
     Function  IsEndOfLine       : Boolean;
     Function  CurFilePos        : LongInt;
     Procedure SavePosition;
@@ -439,7 +441,7 @@ Begin
     CloseSourceFile;
     UpdateInfo := InFile[CurFile].SavedInfo;
     LoadPosition;
-    GetChar; // read the } of the include ?
+//    GetChar; // read the } of the include ?
   End Else
     Error (mpsEndOfFile, '');
 
@@ -462,21 +464,22 @@ Begin
   Result := Ch in [#10, #13];
 End;
 
+Function TParserEngine.GetDirective : String;
+Begin
+  Result := '';
+
+  Repeat
+    GetChar;
+
+    If Ch in [#10, #13, '}'] Then Break;
+
+    Result := Result + LoCase(Ch);
+  Until UpdateInfo.ErrorType <> 0;
+
+  Result := strStripB(Result, ' ');
+End;
+
 Procedure TParserEngine.NextChar;
-
-  Function GetDirective : String;
-  Begin
-    Result := '';
-
-    Repeat
-      GetChar;
-      If Ch = '}' Then Break;
-      Result := Result + LoCase(Ch);
-    Until UpdateInfo.ErrorType <> 0;
-
-    Result := strStripB(Result, ' ');
-  End;
-
 Var
   BlockCount : Byte;
   BlockStart : Char;
@@ -537,13 +540,6 @@ Begin
 
                      If Ch = '$' Then Begin
                        If GetIdent(False) Then Begin
-                         If IdentStr = 'include' Then Begin
-                           Str := GetDirective;
-                           SavePosition;
-                           InFile[CurFile].SavedInfo := UpdateInfo;
-                           OpenSourceFile(Str);
-                           If UpdateInfo.ErrorType <> 0 Then Exit;
-                         End Else
                          If IdentStr = 'syntax' Then Begin
                            Str := GetDirective;
                            If Str = 'pascal' Then Begin
@@ -581,14 +577,6 @@ Begin
 
                        Case Ch of
                          '$' : If (BlockCount = 1) And GetIdent(False) Then Begin
-                                 If IdentStr = 'include' Then Begin
-                                   Str := GetDirective;
-                                   SavePosition;
-                                   InFile[CurFile].SavedInfo := UpdateInfo;
-                                   OpenSourceFile(Str);
-                                   If UpdateInfo.ErrorType <> 0 Then Exit;
-                                   Break;
-                                 End Else
                                  If IdentStr = 'syntax' Then Begin
                                    Str := GetDirective;
                                    If Str = 'pascal' Then Begin
@@ -1785,11 +1773,6 @@ Begin
   End;
 End;
 
-// problem w const is if include file is right after last const.. ie:
-// const
-//  blah = 'hi';
-// {$include blah.mps}
-
 Procedure TParserEngine.DefineConst;
 Begin
   If CurConstNum = mplMaxConsts Then
@@ -2657,6 +2640,7 @@ Var
   GotOpen    : Boolean;  // make parsemode var to replace all these bools
   GotVar     : Boolean;
   GotConst   : Boolean;
+  IncName    : String;
 Begin
   GotOpen  := CheckBlock;
   GotVar   := False;
@@ -2683,6 +2667,15 @@ Begin
     // being lazy and not rewriting all the token parsing...  that would
     // speed up parsing... but meh its only the compiler who cares lol
 
+    If GetStr(tkw[wInclude], False, False) Then Begin
+      IncName := GetDirective;
+
+      SavePosition;
+
+      InFile[CurFile].SavedInfo := UpdateInfo;
+
+      OpenSourceFile(IncName);
+    End Else
     If GetStr(tkw[wBlockOpen], False, False) Then Begin
       If GotOpen And Not OneLine Then Begin
         PrevChar;
@@ -2745,9 +2738,15 @@ Begin
     If GetStr(tkw[wExit], False, False) Then
       OutString (Char(opExit))
     Else
-    If GetStr(tkw[wUses], False, False) Then
-      StatementUses
-    Else Begin
+    If GetStr(tkw[wUses], False, False) Then Begin
+      If GotBlock Then
+        Error(mpsSyntaxError, 'USES must be first statement')
+      Else Begin
+        StatementUses;
+        GotBlock := False;
+        Continue;
+      End;
+    End Else Begin
       NextChar;
 
       If Ch in chIdent1 Then Begin
@@ -2766,6 +2765,8 @@ Begin
       End Else
         Error (mpsSyntaxError, '');
     End;
+
+    GotBlock := True;
   Until (UpdateInfo.ErrorType <> 0) or OneLine;
 
   For Count := CurVarNum DownTo SavedVar + 1 Do
@@ -2859,6 +2860,7 @@ Begin
   UsesMGROUP := False;
   UsesFBASE  := False;
   UsesFGROUP := False;
+  GotBlock   := False;
 
   Assign  (OutFile, JustFileName(FN) + mplExtExecute);
   ReWrite (OutFile, 1);
diff --git a/mystic/mpl_types.pas b/mystic/mpl_types.pas
index 1c21566..0415034 100644
--- a/mystic/mpl_types.pas
+++ b/mystic/mpl_types.pas
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ Type
                    wCaseOf,       wNumRange,    wType,        wConst,
                    wBreak,        wContinue,    wUses,        wExit,
                    wHexPrefix,    wExpAnd,      wExpOr,       wExpXor,
-                   wExpShl,       wExpShr);
+                   wExpShl,       wExpShr,      wInclude);
 {$ENDIF}
 
 
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ Const
              'of',              '..',             'type',       'const',
              'break',           'continue',       'uses',       'exit',
              '$',               'and',            'or',         'xor',
-             'shl',             'shr'
+             'shl',             'shr',            'include'
            );
 
      wTokensIPLC : TTokenWordType = (
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ Const
              'of',              '..',             'type',       'const',
              'break',           'continue',       'uses',       'exit',
              '$',               '&',              '|',          'xor',
-             '<<',              '>>'
+             '<<',              '>>',             'include'
            );
 
   {$ENDIF}