diff --git a/lib/actionlog.js b/lib/actionlog.js
index 3f0e52b2..f033df89 100644
--- a/lib/actionlog.js
+++ b/lib/actionlog.js
@@ -25,21 +25,22 @@ module.exports = {
             }
         }
         
-        db.recordAction(ip, name, action, args);
+        //db.recordAction(ip, name, action, args);
     },
 
     clear: function (actions) {
         var db = Server.getServer().db;
-        db.clearActions(actions);
+        //db.clearActions(actions);
     },
 
     clearOne: function (item) {
         var db = Server.getServer().db;
-        db.clearSingleAction(item);
+        //db.clearSingleAction(item);
     },
 
     throttleRegistrations: function (ip, callback) {
         var db = Server.getServer().db;
+        /*
         db.recentRegistrationCount(ip, function (err, count) {
             if(err) {
                 callback(err, null);
@@ -48,15 +49,16 @@ module.exports = {
 
             callback(null, count > 4);
         });
+        */
     },
 
     listActionTypes: function (callback) {
         var db = Server.getServer().db;
-        db.listActionTypes(callback);
+        //db.listActionTypes(callback);
     },
 
     listActions: function (types, callback) {
         var db = Server.getServer().db;
-        db.listActions(types, callback);
+        //db.listActions(types, callback);
     }
 };
diff --git a/lib/channel.js b/lib/channel.js
index 7c1e4f01..19ffc145 100644
--- a/lib/channel.js
+++ b/lib/channel.js
@@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ var Channel = function(name) {
     }
 
     db.channels.load(self, function (err) {
-        if (err)
+        if (err && err !== "Channel is not registered")
             return;
-        else if (!err || err === "Channel is not registered")
+        else
             self.dbloaded = true;
 
         self.tryLoadDump();
diff --git a/lib/database/channels.js b/lib/database/channels.js
index 840ed72a..691b902c 100644
--- a/lib/database/channels.js
+++ b/lib/database/channels.js
@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@ function createBansTable(name, callback) {
 }
 
 function initTables(name, owner, callback) {
-    if (!valid(chan)) {
+    if (!valid(name)) {
         callback("Invalid channel name", null);
         return;
     }
+
     createRanksTable(name, function (err) {
         if (err) {
             callback(err, null);
@@ -91,12 +92,12 @@ module.exports = {
             return;
         }
 
-        if (!valid(chan)) {
+        if (!valid(name)) {
             callback("Invalid channel name", null);
             return;
         }
 
-        dbutil.query("SELECT name FROM `channels` WHERE name=?",
+        db.query("SELECT name FROM `channels` WHERE name=?",
                      [name],
                      function (err, rows) {
             if (err) {
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ module.exports = {
             return;
         }
 
-        dbutil.query("SELECT * FROM `channels` WHERE name=?",
+        db.query("SELECT * FROM `channels` WHERE name=?",
                      [name],
                      function (err, rows) {
             if (err) {
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ module.exports = {
             return;
         }
 
-        dbutil.query("SELECT * FROM `channels` WHERE name LIKE ?",
+        db.query("SELECT * FROM `channels` WHERE name LIKE ?",
                      ["%" + name + "%"],
                      function (err, rows) {
             if (err) {
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ module.exports = {
                 return;
             }
 
-            dbutil.query("INSERT INTO `channels` " +
+            db.query("INSERT INTO `channels` " +
                          "(`name`, `owner`, `time`) VALUES (?, ?, ?)",
                          [name, owner, Date.now()],
                          function (err, res) {
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
                 initTables(name, owner, function (err, res) {
                     if (err) {
-                        dbutil.query("DELETE FROM `channels` WHERE name=?", [name]);
+                        db.query("DELETE FROM `channels` WHERE name=?", [name]);
                         callback(err, null);
                         return;
                     }