diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 35bc67389..9107ef083 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ osmy_vigilance
 init_database.sql
 init_derived_data.sql
 
+/.idea/
+*.iml
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2e429f538..40f82fb80 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 /cgi-bin/
 /test-bin/
 
+/.idea/
+*.iml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/bin/apply_osc_to_db.sh b/src/bin/apply_osc_to_db.sh
index a9743ee66..62e959896 100644
--- a/src/bin/apply_osc_to_db.sh
+++ b/src/bin/apply_osc_to_db.sh
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ elif [[ $3 == "--meta=no" ]]; then
   META=
 else
 {
-  echo "You must specify --meta=yes or --meta=no"
+  echo "You have to specify --meta=yes, --meta=no or --meta=attic"
   exit 0
 }; fi
 
diff --git a/src/bin/fetch_osc_and_apply.sh b/src/bin/fetch_osc_and_apply.sh
index 7f57f138f..989ab3765 100644
--- a/src/bin/fetch_osc_and_apply.sh
+++ b/src/bin/fetch_osc_and_apply.sh
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 
 if [[ -z $1  ]]; then
 {
-  echo "Usage: $0 diff_url --meta=(yes|no)"
-  echo "Error : Set the URL to get diffs from (like http://planet.osm.org/replication/minute )"
+  echo "Usage: $0 diff_url --meta=(yes|no|attic)"
+  echo "Error : Set the URL to get diffs from (e.g. http://planet.osm.org/replication/minute )"
   exit 0
 };
 fi
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ META_OPTION=
 if [[ $2 == "--meta=yes" ]]; then
 {
   META_OPTION="--meta"
+};
+elif [[ $2 == "--meta=attic" ]]; then
+{
+  META_OPTION="--keep-attic"
 }; fi