diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/LibraryController.php b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/LibraryController.php
index e063ea263..7ec84ddef 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/LibraryController.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/LibraryController.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class LibraryController extends Zend_Controller_Action
         $ajaxContext->addActionContext('contents-feed', 'json')
                     ->addActionContext('delete', 'json')
                     ->addActionContext('duplicate', 'json')
+                    ->addActionContext('duplicate-block', 'json')
                     ->addActionContext('delete-group', 'json')
                     ->addActionContext('context-menu', 'json')
                     ->addActionContext('get-file-metadata', 'html')
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ class LibraryController extends Zend_Controller_Action
                 $menu["duplicate"] = array("name" => _("Duplicate Playlist"), "icon" => "edit", "url" => $baseUrl."library/duplicate");
             } elseif ($type === 'block') {
                 $obj = new Application_Model_Block($id);
+                $menu["duplicate"] = array("name" => _("Duplicate Smartblock"), "icon" => "edit", "url" => $baseUrl."library/duplicate-block");
                 if (!$obj->isStatic()) {
                     unset($menu["play"]);
                 }
@@ -280,6 +282,7 @@ class LibraryController extends Zend_Controller_Action
     public function duplicateAction(){
         $params = $this->getRequest()->getParams();
         $id = $params['id'];
+        Logging::info($params);
 
         $originalPl = new Application_Model_Playlist($id);
         $newPl = new Application_Model_Playlist();
@@ -308,6 +311,42 @@ class LibraryController extends Zend_Controller_Action
         $newPl->setName(sprintf(_("Copy of %s"), $originalPl->getName()));
     }
 
+    // duplicate smartblock
+    public function duplicateBlockAction(){
+        Logging::info("duplicate smartblock functionality not yet implemented");
+        $params = $this->getRequest()->getParams();
+        $id = $params['id'];
+        Logging::info($params);
+
+        $originalBl = new Application_Model_Block($id);
+        $newBl = new Application_Model_Block();
+        $newBl->setCreator(Application_Model_User::getCurrentUser()->getId());
+        $newBl->setDescription($originalBl->getDescription());
+        if ($originalBl->isStatic()) {
+            $newBl->saveType('static');
+        }
+        else {
+            $newBl->saveType('dynamic');
+        }
+        // the issue here is that the format that getCriteria provides is different from the format the saveCriteria
+        // expects due to the useage of startForm. So we either need to write new code that simply copies the database
+        // or figure out a way to instantiate a form inside of here and save it without modifying it.
+        //$newBlForm = new Application_Form_SmartBlockCriteria;
+        //$newBlForm->startForm($id);
+        $criteria = CcBlockcriteriaQuery::create()->orderByDbCriteria()->findByDbBlockId($id);
+        foreach ($criteria as &$c) {
+            $row = new CcBlockcriteria();
+            $row->setDbCriteria($c->getDbCriteria());
+            $row->setDbModifier($c->getDbModifier());
+            $row->setDbValue($c->getDbValue());
+            $row->setDbExtra($c->getDbExtra());
+            $row->setDbBlockId($newBl->getId());
+            $row->save();
+        }
+        $newBl->setName(sprintf(_("Copy of %s"), $originalBl->getName()));
+    }
+
+
     public function contentsFeedAction()
     {
         $params = $this->getRequest()->getParams();