diff --git a/themoviedbapi/src/com/moviejukebox/themoviedb/TheMovieDb.java b/themoviedbapi/src/com/moviejukebox/themoviedb/TheMovieDb.java
index f54bada2e..62077b004 100644
--- a/themoviedbapi/src/com/moviejukebox/themoviedb/TheMovieDb.java
+++ b/themoviedbapi/src/com/moviejukebox/themoviedb/TheMovieDb.java
@@ -48,17 +48,18 @@ public class TheMovieDb {
     private static ConsoleHandler tmdbConsoleHandler = new ConsoleHandler();
     private static final String apiSite = "http://api.themoviedb.org/2.1/";
     private static final String defaultLanguage = "en-US";
-    private static final String MOVIE_SEARCH = "Movie.search";
+    private static final String GENRES_GET_LIST = "Genres.getList";
     private static final String MOVIE_BROWSE = "Movie.browse";
-    private static final String MOVIE_IMDB_LOOKUP = "Movie.imdbLookup";
     private static final String MOVIE_GET_INFO = "Movie.getInfo";
     private static final String MOVIE_GET_IMAGES = "Movie.getImages";
     private static final String MOVIE_GET_LATEST = "Movie.getLatest";
     private static final String MOVIE_GET_VERSION = "Movie.getVersion";
-    private static final String PERSON_GET_VERSION = "Person.getVersion";
+    private static final String MOVIE_IMDB_LOOKUP = "Movie.imdbLookup";
+    private static final String MOVIE_SEARCH = "Movie.search";
     private static final String PERSON_GET_INFO = "Person.getInfo";
+    private static final String PERSON_GET_LATEST = "Person.getLatest";
+    private static final String PERSON_GET_VERSION = "Person.getVersion";
     private static final String PERSON_SEARCH = "Person.search";
-    private static final String GENRES_GET_LIST = "Genres.getList";
 
     public TheMovieDb(String apiKey) {
         setLogger(Logger.getLogger("TheMovieDB"));
@@ -275,7 +276,11 @@ public class TheMovieDb {
      * @return
      */
     public MovieDB moviedbGetVersion(String movieId, String language) {
-        return this.moviedbGetVersion(Arrays.asList(movieId), language).get(0);
+        List<MovieDB> movies = this.moviedbGetVersion(Arrays.asList(movieId), language);
+        if (movies.isEmpty()) {
+            return new MovieDB();
+        }
+        return movies.get(0);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -294,7 +299,7 @@ public class TheMovieDb {
     public List<MovieDB> moviedbGetVersion(List<String> movieIds, String language) {
         List<MovieDB> movies = new ArrayList<MovieDB>();
 
-        if (movieIds.isEmpty()) {
+        if ((movieIds == null) || movieIds.isEmpty()) {
             logger.warning("There are no Movie ids!");
             return movies;
         }
@@ -371,6 +376,17 @@ public class TheMovieDb {
         return MovieDbParser.parsePersonInfo(searchUrl);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The Person.getLatest method is a simple method. It returns the ID of the
+     * last person created in the db. This is useful if you are scanning the
+     * database and want to know which id to stop at.
+     * @param language the two digit language code. E.g. en=English
+     * @return
+     */
+    public Person personGetLatest(String language) {
+        return MovieDbParser.parseLatestPerson(buildUrl(PERSON_GET_LATEST, "", language));
+    }
+
     /**
      * The Person.getVersion method is used to retrieve the last modified time 
      * along with the current version number of the called object(s). This is
@@ -382,11 +398,17 @@ public class TheMovieDb {
      * @return
      */
     public Person personGetVersion(String personID, String language) {
+        Person person = new Person();
         if (!isValidString(personID)) {
-            return new Person();
+            return person;
+        }
+
+        List<Person> people = this.personGetVersion(Arrays.asList(personID), language);
+        if (people.isEmpty()) {
+            return person;
         }
 
-        return this.personGetVersion(Arrays.asList(personID), language).get(0);
+        return people.get(0);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -399,7 +421,7 @@ public class TheMovieDb {
      * @return
      */
     public List<Person> personGetVersion(List<String> personIDs, String language) {
-        if (personIDs.isEmpty()) {
+        if ((personIDs == null) || (personIDs.isEmpty())) {
             logger.warning("There are no Person ids!");
             return new ArrayList<Person>();
         }
diff --git a/themoviedbapi/src/com/moviejukebox/themoviedb/tools/MovieDbParser.java b/themoviedbapi/src/com/moviejukebox/themoviedb/tools/MovieDbParser.java
index 86713a9cd..6eee3ffcf 100644
--- a/themoviedbapi/src/com/moviejukebox/themoviedb/tools/MovieDbParser.java
+++ b/themoviedbapi/src/com/moviejukebox/themoviedb/tools/MovieDbParser.java
@@ -439,12 +439,7 @@ public class MovieDbParser {
             Node node = movies.item(i);
             if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                 Element element = (Element) node;
-                Person person = new Person();
-                person.setName(DOMHelper.getValueFromElement(element, "name"));
-                person.setId(DOMHelper.getValueFromElement(element, "id"));
-                person.setVersion(Integer.valueOf(DOMHelper.getValueFromElement(element, "version")));
-                person.setLastModifiedAt(DOMHelper.getValueFromElement(element, "last_modified_at"));
-                people.add(person);
+                people.add(MovieDbParser.parseSimplePerson(element));
             }
         }
 
@@ -562,6 +557,50 @@ public class MovieDbParser {
         return movies;
     }
 
+    public static Person parseLatestPerson(String url) {
+        Person person = new Person();
+        Document doc = null;
+
+        try {
+            doc = DOMHelper.getEventDocFromUrl(url);
+        } catch (Exception error) {
+            logger.severe("Person.getLatest error: " + error.getMessage());
+            return person;
+        }
+
+        if (doc == null) {
+            return person;
+        }
+
+        NodeList nlMovies = doc.getElementsByTagName("person");
+
+        if ((nlMovies == null) || nlMovies.getLength() == 0) {
+            return person;
+        }
+
+        Node node = nlMovies.item(0);
+        if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
+            person = new Person();
+
+            Element element = (Element) node;
+            person = MovieDbParser.parseSimplePerson(element);
+        }
+
+        return person;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parse a "simple" Movie in the form:
+     * <movie>
+     *  <name>Inception</name>
+     *  <id>36462</id>
+     *  <imdb_id>tt1375666</imdb_id>
+     *  <version>11</version>
+     *  <last_modified_at>2010-07-26 17:06:18</last_modified_at>
+     * </movie>
+     * @param element
+     * @return
+     */
     private static MovieDB parseSimpleMovie(Element element) {
         MovieDB movie = new MovieDB();
         movie.setTitle(DOMHelper.getValueFromElement(element, "name"));
@@ -571,4 +610,24 @@ public class MovieDbParser {
         movie.setLastModifiedAt(DOMHelper.getValueFromElement(element, "last_modified_at"));
         return movie;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Parse a "simple" Person in the form:
+     * <person>
+     *  <name>John Joseph</name>
+     *  <id>111830</id>
+     *  <version>3</version>
+     *  <last_modified_at>2010-07-19 10:59:13</last_modified_at>
+     * </person>
+     * @param element
+     * @return
+     */
+    private static Person parseSimplePerson(Element element) {
+        Person person = new Person();
+        person.setName(DOMHelper.getValueFromElement(element, "name"));
+        person.setId(DOMHelper.getValueFromElement(element, "id"));
+        person.setVersion(Integer.valueOf(DOMHelper.getValueFromElement(element, "version")));
+        person.setLastModifiedAt(DOMHelper.getValueFromElement(element, "last_modified_at"));
+        return person;
+    }
 }