diff --git a/darshan-log-format.h b/darshan-log-format.h
index 315192e8fe09761fffb7125d4e44192652625971..f6067e25c73125ca05aff1d2ea038d6fe08207ea 100644
--- a/darshan-log-format.h
+++ b/darshan-log-format.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "darshan-config.h"
 
 /* update this on file format changes */
-#define CP_VERSION "1.23"
+#define CP_VERSION "1.24"
 
 /* size (in bytes) of job record */
 #define CP_JOB_RECORD_SIZE 1024
diff --git a/darshan-logutils.c b/darshan-logutils.c
index 44b63d242f3d1d8d5cc746445c666acbd2226bc7..5e41b9172053fd9b8608303977ffaff9bc15e389 100644
--- a/darshan-logutils.c
+++ b/darshan-logutils.c
@@ -260,6 +260,8 @@ int darshan_log_getjob(darshan_fd file, struct darshan_job *job)
         return(0);
     if(strcmp(job->version_string, "1.23") == 0)
         return(0);
+    if(strcmp(job->version_string, "1.24") == 0)
+        return(0);
 
     fprintf(stderr, "Error: incompatible darshan file.\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "Error: expected version %s, but got %s\n", 
@@ -325,9 +327,19 @@ int darshan_log_getfile(darshan_fd fd, struct darshan_job *job, struct darshan_f
         }
     }
     else if(strcmp(job->version_string, "1.23") == 0)
+    {
+        /* data format is compatible with 1.24 */
+        ret = gzread(fd, file, sizeof(*file));
+        if(ret == sizeof(*file))
+        {
+            /* got exactly one, correct size record */
+            return(1);
+        }
+    }
+    else if(strcmp(job->version_string, "1.24") == 0)
     {
         /* make sure this is the current version */
-        assert(strcmp("1.23", CP_VERSION) == 0);
+        assert(strcmp("1.24", CP_VERSION) == 0);
 
         ret = gzread(fd, file, sizeof(*file));
         if(ret == sizeof(*file))
@@ -478,12 +490,17 @@ void darshan_log_close(darshan_fd file)
  */
 void darshan_log_print_version_warnings(struct darshan_job *job)
 {
-    if(strcmp(job->version_string, "1.23") == 0)
+    if(strcmp(job->version_string, "1.24") == 0)
     {
         /* nothing to do, this is the current version */
         return;
     }
     
+    if(strcmp(job->version_string, "1.23") == 0)
+    {
+        printf("# WARNING: version 1.23 log format may have incorrect mount point mappings for files with rank > 0\n");
+    }
+
     if(strcmp(job->version_string, "1.22") == 0)
     {
         printf("# WARNING: version 1.22 log format does not support the following parameters:\n");