diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1b9a0fae..5b5b4a8d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "author": "Calvin Montgomery",
   "name": "CyTube",
   "description": "Online media synchronizer and chat",
-  "version": "3.37.0",
+  "version": "3.38.0",
   "repository": {
     "url": "http://github.com/calzoneman/sync"
   },
diff --git a/src/acp.js b/src/acp.js
index 5f7e1333..15a1b6d7 100644
--- a/src/acp.js
+++ b/src/acp.js
@@ -278,22 +278,18 @@ function init(user) {
     s.on("acp-force-unload", handleForceUnload.bind(this, user));
     s.on("acp-list-stats", handleListStats.bind(this, user));
 
-    db.listGlobalBans(function (err, bans) {
-        if (err) {
-            user.socket.emit("errMessage", {
-                msg: err
-            });
-            return;
-        }
-
-        var flat = [];
-        for (var ip in bans) {
-            flat.push({
-                ip: ip,
-                note: bans[ip].reason
-            });
-        }
-        user.socket.emit("acp-gbanlist", flat);
+    const globalBanDB = db.getGlobalBanDB();
+    globalBanDB.listGlobalBans().then(bans => {
+        // Why is it called reason in the DB and note in the socket frame?
+        // Who knows...
+        const mappedBans = bans.map(ban => {
+            return { ip: ban.ip, note: ban.reason };
+        });
+        user.socket.emit("acp-gbanlist", mappedBans);
+    }).catch(error => {
+        user.socket.emit("errMessage", {
+            msg: error.message
+        });
     });
     Logger.eventlog.log("[acp] Initialized ACP for " + eventUsername(user));
 }
diff --git a/src/database.js b/src/database.js
index 72cad045..a42e6b34 100644
--- a/src/database.js
+++ b/src/database.js
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { GlobalBanDB } from './db/globalban';
 
 const LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger('database');
 
-var global_ipbans = {};
 let db = null;
 let globalBanDB = null;
 
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ module.exports.init = function (newDB) {
                 process.nextTick(legacySetup);
             });
 
-    global_ipbans = {};
     module.exports.users = require("./database/accounts");
     module.exports.channels = require("./database/channels");
 };
@@ -89,8 +87,6 @@ function legacySetup() {
         require("./database/update").checkVersion();
         module.exports.loadAnnouncement();
     });
-    // Refresh global IP bans
-    module.exports.listGlobalBans();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -130,92 +126,6 @@ function blackHole() {
 
 }
 
-/* REGION global bans */
-
-/**
- * Check if an IP address is globally banned
- */
-module.exports.isGlobalIPBanned = function (ip, callback) {
-    var range = util.getIPRange(ip);
-    var wrange = util.getWideIPRange(ip);
-    var banned = ip in global_ipbans ||
-    range in global_ipbans ||
-    wrange in global_ipbans;
-
-    if (callback) {
-        callback(null, banned);
-    }
-    return banned;
-};
-
-/**
- * Retrieve all global bans from the database.
- * Cache locally in global_bans
- */
-module.exports.listGlobalBans = function (callback) {
-    if (typeof callback !== "function") {
-        callback = blackHole;
-    }
-
-    module.exports.query("SELECT * FROM global_bans WHERE 1", function (err, res) {
-        if (err) {
-            callback(err, null);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        global_ipbans = {};
-        for (var i = 0; i < res.length; i++) {
-            global_ipbans[res[i].ip] = res[i];
-        }
-
-        callback(null, global_ipbans);
-    });
-};
-
-/**
- * Globally ban by IP
- */
-module.exports.globalBanIP = function (ip, reason, callback) {
-    if (typeof callback !== "function") {
-        callback = blackHole;
-    }
-
-    var query = "INSERT INTO global_bans (ip, reason) VALUES (?, ?)" +
-                " ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE reason=?";
-    module.exports.query(query, [ip, reason, reason], function (err, res) {
-        if(err) {
-            callback(err, null);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        module.exports.listGlobalBans();
-        callback(null, res);
-    });
-};
-
-/**
- * Remove a global IP ban
- */
-module.exports.globalUnbanIP = function (ip, callback) {
-    if (typeof callback !== "function") {
-        callback = blackHole;
-    }
-
-
-    var query = "DELETE FROM global_bans WHERE ip=?";
-    module.exports.query(query, [ip], function (err, res) {
-        if(err) {
-            callback(err, null);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        module.exports.listGlobalBans();
-        callback(null, res);
-    });
-};
-
-/* END REGION */
-
 /* password recovery */
 
 /**