diff -uNr a/logotron/MANIFEST.TXT b/logotron/MANIFEST.TXT
--- a/logotron/MANIFEST.TXT d842b46bd643a09c4561676285ec2cd921368026994849f0e771b040a090a144a2749fb3dfad53942aa7d55d3d92037b60e771bf95358a07aff7ad7cfb775afc
+++ b/logotron/MANIFEST.TXT 9b223e8847a05c7dee552a786d8290316bf1dbf3dfca3ce7bc2080ec7b357b5c031fabc47d2586097e8f1bb0100a0e6f6c44c37acf53aa3d3fe903ff074fcd67
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@
 597858  detect_disconnect   asciilifeform   "Adjustable detector of bot disconnection."
 598372  shlex_removal       asciilifeform   "Reverted defective attempt at double-quoted search."
 640165  hide_inactive       asciilifeform   "Configurable default-hide of idle chans"
+641046  search_all_chans    asciilifeform   "Button to search in all logged chans"
diff -uNr a/logotron/README.txt b/logotron/README.txt
--- a/logotron/README.txt 41b2d77f5049bcf7c65dba41e46dc5464b27da3f947cecba3f3bd1ed451b2d469bf550155ec6efb49e52bea0a6467f9d5eee7b5298e2396c39a64390711b6ace
+++ b/logotron/README.txt 0a75ab02402bd83bda90e41a341753044860eb7e0013943687b0b0797356e8d9e21ba4346a71123357d791ce422ecf789a29ad8ea759bc8799f88c54ca7e66d3
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@
 
 Still needs a variant of 'eater' that will eat these.
 
+###############
+Oct. 4 Update:
+###############
 
 (1) WWW: Removed ill-conceived 'Tape' knob.
 (2) Bot: Added silent-disconnection detector.
@@ -134,10 +137,17 @@
 
 To disable forced disconnects, set disc_t to zero.
 
-#################
-Jul. 2020 Update:
-#################
+####################
+Jul. 2020 Update #1:
+####################
 
 (1) Hide by default chans where no activity in days_hide day (set in config.)
 (2) Added 'join as guest' link (via 'kiwi' wwwtronic IRC client)
 (3) Example Apache-WSGI configs.
+
+####################
+Jul. 2020 Update #2:
+####################
+
+(1) Fix unclosed 'table' tag from earlier.
+(2) 'Search all chans' button.
diff -uNr a/logotron/reader.py b/logotron/reader.py
--- a/logotron/reader.py 8ac522f24e0add9ba37c81161edbb0ba5fe70df54c03e73fc8a6a60bac3bf993d1530088c5a3a8a7caa90db67ee6b3cdae75a15b4c6d698ed3d95aff12e54626
+++ b/logotron/reader.py 3b5645290a520a3f935b44372a1c98f60a0bc967ea3d6ad4160ef72e455c7c9636847847007334053703765fa80176a2509e3609005e4ab8d2518d27869f8002
@@ -101,22 +101,6 @@
     if (DB_DEBUG): print "query res: '{0}'".format(rv)
     return rv
 
-def exec_db(query, args=()):
-    cur = get_db().cursor(cursor_factory=psycopg2.extras.RealDictCursor)
-    if (DB_DEBUG): print "query: '{0}'".format(query)
-    if (DB_DEBUG): print "args: '{0}'".format(args)
-    if (DB_DEBUG): print "EXEC:"
-    cur.execute(query, args)
-
-def getlast_db():
-    cur = get_db().cursor(cursor_factory=psycopg2.extras.RealDictCursor)    
-    cur.execute('select lastval()')
-    return cur.fetchone()['lastval']
-
-def commit_db():
-    cur = get_db().cursor(cursor_factory=psycopg2.extras.RealDictCursor)
-    g.db.commit()
-
 ##############################################################################
 
 ## All eggogs redirect to main page
@@ -212,7 +196,7 @@
         if chan_tbl[chan]['show']:
             s += """<td>{0}</td>""".format(chan_tbl[chan]['time'])
     # wrap up:
-    s += "</tr>"
+    s += "</tr></table>"
     return s
 
 
@@ -265,7 +249,7 @@
 
 
 ## Format given log line for display
-def format_logline(l, highlights = [], select=[]):
+def format_logline(l, highlights = [], select=[], showchan=False):
     payload = html_escape(l['payload'])
     
     # Format ordinary links:
@@ -296,6 +280,9 @@
     speaker = l['speaker']
     separator = ":"
 
+    if showchan:
+        speaker = '<small>(' + l['chan'] + ')</small> ' + speaker
+    
     # If 'action', annotate:
     if l['self']:
         separator = ""
@@ -485,10 +472,26 @@
     query = request.args.get('q', default = '', type = str)
     # page_num = request.args.get('page', default = 0, type = int)
 
-    # Handle rubbish chan:
-    if chan not in Channels:
-        return redirect(url_for('log'))
+    # channels to search in
+    chans = []
 
+    # whether to indicate chan per log line
+    showchan = False
+
+    if chan == 'all':
+        # search in all logged channels
+        chans = Channels
+        legend = "<i>all logged channels</i>"
+        showchan = True
+    else:
+        # Handle possible rubbish chan:
+        if chan not in Channels:
+            return redirect(url_for('log'))
+        else:
+            # search in selected channel only
+            chans = [chan]
+            legend = chan
+    
     nres = 0
     searchres   = []
     tokens_orig = []
@@ -514,17 +517,17 @@
         # Query is usable; perform the search on DB and get the finds
         if from_users == []:
             searchres = query_db(
-                '''select * from loglines where chan=%s
-                and payload ilike all(%s) order by idx desc limit %s;''',
-                [chan,
+                '''select * from loglines where chan = any(%s)
+                and payload ilike all(%s) order by t desc limit %s;''',
+                [(chans,),
                  tokens_formed,
                  Max_Search_Results], one=False)
         else:
             searchres = query_db(
-                '''select * from loglines where chan=%s
+                '''select * from loglines where chan = any(%s)
                 and speaker ilike any(%s)
-                and payload ilike all(%s) order by idx desc limit %s;''',
-                [chan,
+                and payload ilike all(%s) order by t desc limit %s;''',
+                [(chans,),
                  from_users,
                  tokens_formed,
                  Max_Search_Results], one=False)
@@ -533,7 +536,7 @@
         # Number of entries found
         nres = len(searchres)
         search_head = "<b>{0}</b> entries found in {1} for <b>'{2}'</b> :".format(
-            nres, chan, html_escape(query))
+            nres, legend, html_escape(query))
     
     # No paging support just yet:
     return render_template('searchres.html',
@@ -542,8 +545,8 @@
                            chan        = chan,
                            search_head = search_head,
                            tokens      = tokens_orig,
-                           loglines    = searchres)
-
+                           loglines    = searchres,
+                           showchan    = showchan)
 
 # Comment this out if you don't have one
 @app.route('/favicon.ico')
diff -uNr a/logotron/templates/layout.html b/logotron/templates/layout.html
--- a/logotron/templates/layout.html 7260e8531eee1e629d3bd793931237b759ccd829f1d5f5a929ef3375897ee7a5d21562e870142c24d5f3bafb44f7d7b83b1952c8fdd8554a2e8f55633f10d54c
+++ b/logotron/templates/layout.html c65b0971e605cbf05445f2562f4e363bfbfac914d389d81f946fd534e79ff3ba4b00245536fbfbaa3527127a4dec005fbe1c3242182c76c47112498cef0505d6
@@ -107,13 +107,18 @@
             <table align="center" style="width:100%">
                 <tr>
                     <td>
+                        {% if chan != 'all' %}
                         {{ gen_chanlist( chan, show_all ) | safe }}
+                        {% else %}
+                        {{ gen_chanlist( chan, True ) | safe }}
+                        {% endif %}
                     </td>
                 </tr>
             </table>
 
         </p>
         
+        {% if chan != 'all' %}
         <div align="center">
             <small>
                 {% if not show_all %}
@@ -127,13 +132,18 @@
                 {% endif %}
             </small>
         </div>
+        {% endif %}
         
         <hr>
 
-        <form align="center" id="search" method='get' action='/log-search'><span><a href='/log/{{chan}}'>log</a></span>
+        <form align="center" id="search" method='get' action='/log-search'>
             <input type='text' name='q' value='{{ query }}' maxlength='2048' spellcheck='false' size='55' value='' />
-            <input type='hidden' name='chan' value='{{chan}}'>
-            <input type='submit' value='search {{chan}}' />
+            <!-- <input type='hidden' name='chan' value='{{chan}}'> -->
+
+            {% if chan != 'all' %}
+            <button type='submit' name='chan' value='{{chan}}'>search {{chan}}</button>
+            {% endif %}
+            <button type='submit' name='chan' value='all'>search all chans</button>
         </form>
 
         <hr>
@@ -143,7 +153,7 @@
         <hr>
 
         <div align="center">
-            <a href="https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.freenode.net/{{ chan }}">Visit #{{ chan }} as Guest</a> | <a href="/rnd/{{ chan }}">Random({{ chan }})</a> | <a href="{{ url_for('static', filename='log_db.gz') }}">Download hourly DB snapshot</a> | <a href="http://www.loper-os.org/?p=3452">Get Source Code</a>
+            {% if chan != 'all' %}<a href="https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.freenode.net/{{ chan }}">Visit #{{ chan }} as Guest</a> | <a href="/rnd/{{ chan }}">Random({{ chan }})</a> | {% endif %}<a href="{{ url_for('static', filename='log_db.gz') }}">Download hourly DB snapshot</a> | <a href="http://www.loper-os.org/?p=3452">Get Source Code</a>
         </div>
 
         <a name="tail">
diff -uNr a/logotron/templates/log.html b/logotron/templates/log.html
--- a/logotron/templates/log.html 2a1af43ab7aa90d58c85b05d4badf528c9d6af150c470629ae5394ddc577cae27fcf42d5527659df61a73e422af5ba67ac0aa55ac4022091455e61cf92ce3af8
+++ b/logotron/templates/log.html 1b71b2bb4cdafd0561fe834175983923a32c5e91729347e894d77ac283a608f4047fa16638d2a949936f40f3a0b5659100b4d6b7da5260008970b9f99a1f9c81
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 <div class='loglines'>
     {% for l in loglines %}
-    {{ format_logline(l, [], sel) | safe }}
+    {{ format_logline(l, [], sel, False) | safe }}
     {% endfor %}
 </div>
 
diff -uNr a/logotron/templates/searchres.html b/logotron/templates/searchres.html
--- a/logotron/templates/searchres.html a60ca105a579ed2b256dbfc92a7ca7468d17ba875a3215217bb1bb2ea15ac04e9e56c66205b1a4387263b068c39f9d72f08e76edce2b371f4f1aebe24bbf7f03
+++ b/logotron/templates/searchres.html 2b005c8dc669cd7229e8a3cb3932d0b53b7e49fe8d1c7e6a5c33192f81e0937f21324307473a24f7670eb3ff82fb2147dab48b3b8c3e902f25937afc1dca5783
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 <hr>
 
 {% for l in loglines %}
-{{ format_logline(l, tokens) | safe }}
+{{ format_logline(l, tokens, [], showchan) | safe }}
 {% endfor %}
 
 {% endblock %}