diff --git a/lib/acp.js b/lib/acp.js
index 96ff410e..c15d3c2d 100644
--- a/lib/acp.js
+++ b/lib/acp.js
@@ -16,20 +16,15 @@ var db = require("./database");
 function handleAnnounce(user, data) {
     var sv = Server.getServer();
 
-    sv.announcement = {
+    sv.announce({
         title: data.title,
         text: data.content,
         from: user.name
-    };
-
-    sv.io.sockets.emit("announcement", sv.announcement);
-    if (sv.ioSecure) {
-        sv.ioSecure.sockets.emit("announcement", sv.announcement);
-    }
+    });
 }
 
 function handleAnnounceClear(user) {
-    Server.getServer().announcement = null;
+    Server.getServer().announce(null);
 }
 
 function handleGlobalBan(user, data) {
diff --git a/lib/database.js b/lib/database.js
index c41818b4..cf5bbaba 100644
--- a/lib/database.js
+++ b/lib/database.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ var bcrypt = require("bcrypt");
 var $util = require("./utilities");
 var Logger = require("./logger");
 var Config = require("./config");
+var Server = require("./server");
 
 var pool = null;
 var global_ipbans = {};
@@ -148,7 +149,8 @@ module.exports.initGlobalTables = function () {
             return;
         }
 
-        require("./dbupdate").checkVersion();
+        require("./database/update").checkVersion();
+        module.exports.loadAnnouncement();
     });
 };
 
@@ -670,3 +672,45 @@ module.exports.listStats = function (callback) {
 };
 
 /* END REGION */
+
+/* Misc */
+module.exports.loadAnnouncement = function () {
+    var query = "SELECT * FROM `meta` WHERE `key`='announcement'";
+    module.exports.query(query, function (err, rows) {
+        if (err) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (rows.length === 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var announcement = rows[0].value;
+        try {
+            announcement = JSON.parse(announcement);
+        } catch (e) {
+            Logger.errlog.log("Invalid announcement data in database: " +
+                              announcement.value);
+            module.exports.clearAnnouncement();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var sv = Server.getServer();
+        sv.announcement = announcement;
+        sv.io.sockets.emit("announcement", announcement);
+        if (sv.ioSecure) {
+            sv.ioSecure.sockets.emit("announcement", announcement);
+        }
+    });
+};
+
+module.exports.setAnnouncement = function (data) {
+    var query = "INSERT INTO `meta` (`key`, `value`) VALUES ('announcement', ?) " +
+                "ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `value`=?";
+    var repl = JSON.stringify(data);
+    module.exports.query(query, [repl, repl]);
+};
+
+module.exports.clearAnnouncement = function () {
+    module.exports.query("DELETE FROM `meta` WHERE `key`='announcement'");
+};
diff --git a/lib/dbupdate.js b/lib/database/update.js
similarity index 93%
rename from lib/dbupdate.js
rename to lib/database/update.js
index 310c4a44..8cd4706c 100644
--- a/lib/dbupdate.js
+++ b/lib/database/update.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-var db = require("./database");
-var Logger = require("./logger");
+var db = require("../database");
+var Logger = require("../logger");
 
 const DB_VERSION = 1;
 
diff --git a/lib/server.js b/lib/server.js
index aed3a9a0..59de565d 100644
--- a/lib/server.js
+++ b/lib/server.js
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ var Logger = require("./logger");
 var Channel = require("./channel");
 var User = require("./user");
 var $util = require("./utilities");
+var db = require("./database");
 
 var Server = function () {
     var self = this;
@@ -70,18 +71,6 @@ var Server = function () {
                                                "../httpaccess.log"));
     self.express = express();
     require("./web/webserver").init(self.express);
-    self.express.get("/old/:channel(*)", function (req, res, next) {
-        var c = req.params.channel;
-        if (!$util.isValidChannelName(c)) {
-            res.redirect("/" + c);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        self.logHTTP(req);
-        res.sendfile("channel.html", {
-            root: path.join(__dirname, "../www")
-        });
-    });
 
     // http/https/sio server init -----------------------------------------
     if (Config.get("https.enabled")) {
@@ -225,22 +214,18 @@ Server.prototype.packChannel = function (c) {
     return data;
 };
 
-Server.prototype.logHTTP = function (req, status) {
-    if (status === undefined)
-        status = 200;
-
-    var ip = this.getHTTPIP(req);
-    var url = req.url;
-    // Remove query
-    if(url.indexOf("?") != -1)
-        url = url.substring(0, url.lastIndexOf("?"));
-    this.httplog.log([
-        ip,
-        req.method,
-        url,
-        status,
-        req.header("user-agent")
-    ].join(" "));
+Server.prototype.announce = function (data) {
+    if (data == null) {
+        this.announcement = null;
+        db.clearAnnouncement();
+    } else {
+        this.announcement = data;
+        db.setAnnouncement(data);
+        this.io.sockets.emit("announcement", data);
+        if (this.ioSecure) {
+            this.ioSecure.sockets.emit("announcement", data);
+        }
+    }
 };
 
 Server.prototype.shutdown = function () {