diff --git a/inc/bans.php b/inc/bans.php
index fed34938..e0866ed4 100644
--- a/inc/bans.php
+++ b/inc/bans.php
@@ -236,13 +236,15 @@ class Bans {
 	}
 	
 	static public function seen($ban_id) {
+		global $config;
 		$query = query("UPDATE ``bans`` SET `seen` = 1 WHERE `id` = " . (int)$ban_id) or error(db_error());
-                rebuildThemes('bans');
+                if (!$config['cron_bans']) rebuildThemes('bans');
 	}
 	
 	static public function purge() {
+		global $config;
 		$query = query("DELETE FROM ``bans`` WHERE `expires` IS NOT NULL AND `expires` < " . time() . " AND `seen` = 1") or error(db_error());
-		rebuildThemes('bans');
+                if (!$config['cron_bans']) rebuildThemes('bans');
 	}
 	
 	static public function delete($ban_id, $modlog = false, $boards = false, $dont_rebuild = false) {
@@ -268,7 +270,7 @@ class Bans {
 		
 		query("DELETE FROM ``bans`` WHERE `id` = " . (int)$ban_id) or error(db_error());
 
-		if (!$dont_rebuild) rebuildThemes('bans');
+		if (!$dont_rebuild || !$config['cron_bans']) rebuildThemes('bans');
 		
 		return true;
 	}
@@ -350,7 +352,7 @@ class Bans {
 				' with ' . ($reason ? 'reason: ' . utf8tohtml($reason) . '' : 'no reason'));
 		}
 
-		rebuildThemes('bans');
+		if (!$config['cron_bans']) rebuildThemes('bans');
 
 		return $pdo->lastInsertId();
 	}
diff --git a/inc/instance-config.php b/inc/instance-config.php
index 91d1174c..c1dea2c3 100644
--- a/inc/instance-config.php
+++ b/inc/instance-config.php
@@ -202,6 +202,11 @@ $config['hash_masked_ip'] = true;
 $config['force_subject_op'] = false;
 $config['min_links'] = 0;
 $config['min_body'] = 0;
+$config['early_404'] = false;
+$config['early_404_page'] = 5;
+$config['early_404_replies'] = 10;
+$config['cron_bans'] = true;
+$config['mask_db_error'] = true;
 // 8chan specific mod pages
 require '8chan-mod-pages.php';