diff --git a/planet/reconstitute.py b/planet/reconstitute.py
index 48a0c85..28f13c1 100644
--- a/planet/reconstitute.py
+++ b/planet/reconstitute.py
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ def content(xentry, name, detail, bozo):
 
     xentry.appendChild(xcontent)
 
-def source(xsource, source, bozo):
+def source(xsource, source, bozo, format):
     """ copy source information to the entry """
     xdoc = xsource.ownerDocument
 
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ def source(xsource, source, bozo):
         if key.startswith('planet_'):
             createTextElement(xsource, key.replace('_',':',1), value)
 
+    createTextElement(xsource, 'planet_bozo', bozo and 'true' or 'false')
+    createTextElement(xsource, 'planet_format', format)
+
 def reconstitute(feed, entry):
     """ create an entry document from a parsed feed """
     xdoc=minidom.parseString('<entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/>\n')
@@ -222,7 +225,7 @@ def reconstitute(feed, entry):
         author(xentry, 'contributor', contributor)
 
     xsource = xdoc.createElement('source')
-    source(xsource, entry.get('source', feed.feed), bozo)
+    source(xsource, entry.get('source', feed.feed), bozo, feed.version)
     xentry.appendChild(xsource)
 
     return xdoc
diff --git a/planet/spider.py b/planet/spider.py
index 5dd7d2d..8460cab 100644
--- a/planet/spider.py
+++ b/planet/spider.py
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ def spiderFeed(feed):
     if not os.path.exists(sources): os.makedirs(sources)
     xdoc=minidom.parseString('''<feed xmlns:planet="%s"
       xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/>\n''' % planet.xmlns)
-    reconstitute.source(xdoc.documentElement, data.feed, data.bozo)
+    reconstitute.source(xdoc.documentElement,data.feed,data.bozo,data.version)
     write(xdoc.toxml('utf-8'), filename(sources, feed))
     xdoc.unlink()
 
diff --git a/planet/splice.py b/planet/splice.py
index bd20d2f..36caa59 100644
--- a/planet/splice.py
+++ b/planet/splice.py
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ def splice():
         if not data.feed: continue
         xdoc=minidom.parseString('''<planet:source xmlns:planet="%s"
              xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/>\n''' % planet.xmlns)
-        reconstitute.source(xdoc.documentElement, data.feed, data.bozo)
+        reconstitute.source(xdoc.documentElement, data.feed,
+            data.bozo, data.version)
         feed.appendChild(xdoc.documentElement)
 
     return doc