diff --git a/inc/database.php b/inc/database.php
index 792eae58..014c2e1e 100644
--- a/inc/database.php
+++ b/inc/database.php
@@ -29,12 +29,6 @@
 		}
 	}
 	
-	function sql_close() {
-		global $pdo, $config;
-		if(!$config['db']['persistent'])
-			$pdo = NULL;
-	}
-	
 	function prepare($query) {
 		global $pdo, $debug, $config;
 		if($config['debug']) {
@@ -65,4 +59,4 @@
 			return $err[2];
 		}
 	}
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>
diff --git a/inc/display.php b/inc/display.php
index 43892686..b63fbbf1 100644
--- a/inc/display.php
+++ b/inc/display.php
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@
 	function error($message) {
 		global $board, $mod, $config;
 		
-		if(function_exists('sql_close')) sql_close();
-		
 		if(defined('STDIN')) {
 			// Running from CLI
 			die('Error: ' . $message);
@@ -89,7 +87,6 @@
 	function loginForm($error=false, $username=false, $redirect=false) {
 		global $config;
 		
-		if(function_exists('sql_close')) sql_close();
 		die(Element('page.html', Array(
 			'index'=>$config['root'],
 			'title'=>'Login',
diff --git a/install.php b/install.php
index 3dace266..2877d498 100644
--- a/install.php
+++ b/install.php
@@ -100,10 +100,7 @@
 				$page['title'] = 'Already installed';
 				$page['body'] = '<p style="text-align:center">It appears that Tinyboard is already installed (' . $version . ') and there is nothing to upgrade! Delete <strong>' . $config['has_installed'] . '</strong> to reinstall.</p>';
 				break;
-		}
-		
-		sql_close();
-			
+		}			
 		
 		die(Element('page.html', $page));
 	}
@@ -414,8 +411,6 @@
 			buildIndex();
 		}
 		
-		sql_close();
-		
 		$page['title'] = 'Installation complete';
 		$page['body'] = '<p style="text-align:center">Thank you for using Tinyboard. Please remember to report any bugs you discover.</p>';
 		
diff --git a/mod.php b/mod.php
index b9aadf94..2169bbf9 100644
--- a/mod.php
+++ b/mod.php
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 	require 'inc/database.php';
 	require 'inc/user.php';
 	
-	sql_open();
-	
 	// Check if banned
 	checkBan();
 			
@@ -52,9 +50,6 @@
 				header('Location: ' . $_POST['redirect'], true, $config['redirect_http']);
 			else
 				header('Location: ?' . $config['mod']['default'], true, $config['redirect_http']);
-			
-			// Close connection
-			sql_close();
 		} else {
 			loginForm(false, false, '?' . $query);
 		}
@@ -181,7 +176,7 @@
 				if(!$version = @file_get_contents('.installed'))
 					error('Could not find current version! (Check .installed)');
 				if(isset($_SESSION['update']) && time() - $_SESSION['update']['time'] < $config['check_updates_time']) {
-					$latest = $_SESSION['update']['latest'];
+					$latest = unserialize($_SESSION['update']['latest']);
 				} else {
 					$ctx = stream_context_create(array( 
 						'http' => array(
@@ -189,13 +184,9 @@
 							) 
 						) 
 					);
-					$latest = @file_get_contents('http://tinyboard.org/latest.txt', 0, $ctx);
-					if(preg_match('/^v(\d+)\.(\d)\.(\d+)$/', $latest, $m)) {
-						$newer = Array(
-							'massive' => (int)$m[1],
-							'major' => (int)$m[2],
-							'minor' => (int)$m[3]
-						);
+					
+					if($code = @file_get_contents('http://tinyboard.org/version.txt', 0, $ctx)) {
+						eval($code);
 						if(preg_match('/v(\d+)\.(\d)\.(\d+)(-dev.+)?$/', $version, $m)) {
 							$current = Array(
 								'massive' => (int)$m[1],
@@ -208,22 +199,29 @@
 							}
 						}
 						// Check if it's newer
-						if(	$newer['massive'] > $current['massive'] ||
-							$newer['major'] > $current['major'] ||
-								($newer['massive'] == $current['massive'] &&
-									$newer['major'] == $current['major'] &&
-									$newer['minor'] > $current['minor']
+						if(	$latest['massive'] > $current['massive'] ||
+							$latest['major'] > $current['major'] ||
+								($latest['massive'] == $current['massive'] &&
+									$latest['major'] == $current['major'] &&
+									$latest['minor'] > $current['minor']
 								)) {
 							$latest = $latest;
 						} else $latest = false;
-					} else $latest = false;
-					
-					$_SESSION['update'] = Array('time' => time(), 'latest' => $latest);
+					} else {
+						// Couldn't get latest version
+						// TODO: Display some sort of warning message
+						$latest = false;
+					}
+					$_SESSION['update'] = Array('time' => time(), 'latest' => serialize($latest));
 				}
 				
 				if($latest) {
-					$latest = trim($latest);
-					$fieldset['Update'] .= '<li>A newer version of Tinyboard (<strong>' . $latest . '</strong>) is available! See <a href="http://tinyboard.org">http://tinyboard.org/</a> for download instructions.</li>';
+					$fieldset['Update'] .=
+						'<li>A newer version of Tinyboard (<strong>v' .
+							$latest['massive'] . '.' .
+							$latest['major'] . '.' . 
+							$latest['minor'] .
+						'</strong>) is available! See <a href="http://tinyboard.org">http://tinyboard.org/</a> for download instructions.</li>';
 				}
 			}
 			
@@ -2283,8 +2281,5 @@
 			error($config['error']['404']);
 		}
 	}
-	
-	// Close the connection in-case it's still open
-	sql_close();
 ?>
 
diff --git a/post.php b/post.php
index 345a622a..6c90503b 100644
--- a/post.php
+++ b/post.php
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@
 		
 		buildIndex();
 		
-		sql_close();
-		
 		$is_mod = isset($_POST['mod']) && $_POST['mod'];
 		$root = $is_mod ? $config['root'] . $config['file_mod'] . '?/' : $config['root'];
 		
@@ -128,8 +126,6 @@
 			}
 		}
 		
-		sql_close();
-		
 		$is_mod = isset($_POST['mod']) && $_POST['mod'];
 		$root = $is_mod ? $config['root'] . $config['file_mod'] . '?/' : $config['root'];
 		
@@ -544,8 +540,6 @@
 		rebuildThemes('post');
 		header('Location: ' . $redirect, true, $config['redirect_http']);
 		
-		sql_close();
-		
 		exit;
 	} else {
 		if(!file_exists($config['has_installed'])) {
@@ -558,7 +552,6 @@
 				buildIndex();
 			}
 			
-			sql_close();
 			touch($config['has_installed'], 0777);
 			
 			die(Element('page.html', Array(