diff --git a/pyren/convert_db.py b/pyren/convert_db.py
index 93a3fb4..6504955 100755
--- a/pyren/convert_db.py
+++ b/pyren/convert_db.py
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ import pickle
 import sys
 import zipfile
 from StringIO import StringIO
+import mod_db_manager
+
+mod_db_manager.find_DBs()
 
 from  mod_optfile import *
 
diff --git a/pyren/mod_db_manager.py b/pyren/mod_db_manager.py
index 263fdaf..9e57f7c 100644
--- a/pyren/mod_db_manager.py
+++ b/pyren/mod_db_manager.py
@@ -180,10 +180,12 @@ def get_file_list_from_ddt( pattern ):
 
 def file_in_ddt( pattern ):
     if mod_globals.ddt_arc=='':
-        return pattern in glob.glob(os.path.join(mod_globals.ddtroot, pattern))
+        file_list = glob.glob(os.path.join(mod_globals.ddtroot, pattern))
     else:
         file_list = mod_globals.ddt_arc.namelist()
-        return pattern in file_list
+    regex = re.compile(pattern)
+    li = list(filter(regex.search, file_list))
+    return len(li)
 
 def path_in_ddt( pattern ):
     if mod_globals.ddt_arc=='':