diff --git a/etc/WebGUI.conf.original b/etc/WebGUI.conf.original
index 6cc8cad3f..1d41472ae 100644
--- a/etc/WebGUI.conf.original
+++ b/etc/WebGUI.conf.original
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@ logfile = /data/webgui.log
 extras = /extras
 uploadsURL = /uploads
 uploadsPath = /data/WebGUI/www/uploads
-#skipHourly = 
+#excludeMacro =
+#excludeWobject =
+#excludeHourly = 
 #scripturl = /
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Session.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Session.pm
index 7215679b6..7d22c6173 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Session.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Session.pm
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use strict;
 use Tie::CPHash;
 use WebGUI::ErrorHandler;
 use WebGUI::SQL;
+use WebGUI::Utility;
 
 our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
 our @EXPORT = qw(%session);
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ sub _getUserInfo {
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 sub _loadMacros {
-	my ($slash, $namespace, $cmd, @files, $file, $dir);
+	my ($slash, $namespace, $cmd, @files, $file, $dir, $exclude);
 	$slash = ($^O =~ /Win/i) ? "\\" : "/";
 	$dir = $slash."lib".$slash."WebGUI".$slash."Macro";
 	opendir (DIR,$session{config}{webguiRoot}.$dir) or WebGUI::ErrorHandler::fatalError("Can't open macro directory!");
@@ -117,7 +118,11 @@ sub _loadMacros {
 			$cmd = "use WebGUI::Macro::".$1;
 			eval($cmd);
 			WebGUI::ErrorHandler::fatalError("Macro failed to compile: $namespace.") if($@);
-			$session{macro}{$namespace} = $namespace;
+			$exclude = $session{config}{excludeMacro};
+                        $exclude =~ s/ //g;
+                        unless (isIn($namespace, split(/,/,$exclude))) {
+				$session{macro}{$namespace} = $namespace;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	closedir(DIR);
@@ -125,7 +130,7 @@ sub _loadMacros {
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 sub _loadWobjects {
-	my ($dir, @files, $slash, $file, $cmd, $namespace);
+	my ($dir, @files, $slash, $file, $cmd, $namespace, $exclude);
 	$slash = ($^O =~ /Win/i) ? "\\" : "/";
 	$dir = $slash."lib".$slash."WebGUI".$slash."Wobject";
 	opendir (DIR,$session{config}{webguiRoot}.$dir) or WebGUI::ErrorHandler::fatalError("Can't open wobject directory!");
@@ -136,9 +141,13 @@ sub _loadWobjects {
 			$cmd = "use WebGUI::Wobject::".$namespace;
 			eval($cmd);
 			WebGUI::ErrorHandler::fatalError("Wobject failed to compile: $namespace. ".$@) if($@);
-			$cmd = "\$WebGUI::Wobject::".$namespace."::name";
-			$session{wobject}{$namespace} = eval($cmd);
-			WebGUI::ErrorHandler::fatalError("No name method in wobject: $namespace. ".$@) if($@);
+			$exclude = $session{config}{excludeWobject};
+                        $exclude =~ s/ //g;
+			unless (isIn($namespace, split(/,/,$exclude))) {
+				$cmd = "\$WebGUI::Wobject::".$namespace."::name";
+				$session{wobject}{$namespace} = eval($cmd);
+				WebGUI::ErrorHandler::fatalError("No name method in wobject: $namespace. ".$@) if($@);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	closedir(DIR);
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Utility.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Utility.pm
index 55d686592..ac50df3d0 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Utility.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Utility.pm
@@ -13,13 +13,9 @@ package WebGUI::Utility;
 use Exporter;
 use strict;
 use Tie::IxHash;
-use WebGUI::International;
-use WebGUI::Session;
-use WebGUI::SQL;
-use WebGUI::URL;
 
 our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
-our @EXPORT = qw(&sortByColumn &sortHashDescending &sortHash &isIn &randint &round);
+our @EXPORT = qw(&sortHashDescending &sortHash &isIn &randint &round);
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 sub isIn {
@@ -56,27 +52,6 @@ sub round {
         return sprintf("%.0f", $_[0]);
 }
 
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------
-# example: sortByColumn(columnToSort,columnLabel);
-sub sortByColumn {
-        my ($output);
-	$output = '<a href="'.WebGUI::URL::append($_[2],'sort='.$_[0].'&sortDirection=');
-	if ($session{form}{sortDirection} eq "asc") {
-		$output .= "desc";
-	} else {
-		$output .= "asc";
-	}
-	$output .= '">'.$_[1].'</a>';
-        if ($session{form}{sort} eq $_[0]) {
-		if ($session{form}{sortDirection} eq "desc") {
-                	$output .= ' <img src="'.$session{config}{extras}.'/desc.gif">';
-		} else {
-                	$output .= ' <img src="'.$session{config}{extras}.'/asc.gif">';
-		}
-        }
-        return $output;
-}
-
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 sub sortHash {
 	my (%hash, %reversedHash, %newHash, $key);
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Wobject/DownloadManager.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Wobject/DownloadManager.pm
index 0c2998005..400b4ee86 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Wobject/DownloadManager.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Wobject/DownloadManager.pm
@@ -29,6 +29,28 @@ our @ISA = qw(WebGUI::Wobject);
 our $namespace = "DownloadManager";
 our $name = WebGUI::International::get(1,$namespace);
 
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+# example: sortByColumn(columnToSort,columnLabel);
+sub sortByColumn {
+        my ($output);
+        $output = '<a href="'.WebGUI::URL::append($_[2],'sort='.$_[0].'&sortDirection=');
+        if ($session{form}{sortDirection} eq "asc") {
+                $output .= "desc";
+        } else {
+                $output .= "asc";
+        }
+        $output .= '">'.$_[1].'</a>';
+        if ($session{form}{sort} eq $_[0]) {
+                if ($session{form}{sortDirection} eq "desc") {
+                        $output .= ' <img src="'.$session{setting}{lib}.'/desc.gif">';
+                } else {
+                        $output .= ' <img src="'.$session{setting}{lib}.'/asc.gif">';
+                }
+        }
+        return $output;
+}
+
+
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 sub _reorderDownloads {
diff --git a/sbin/runHourly.pl b/sbin/runHourly.pl
index a1ff9524a..b8c6b26b0 100644
--- a/sbin/runHourly.pl
+++ b/sbin/runHourly.pl
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use Data::Config;
 use WebGUI::Utility;
 
 
-my (@files, $cmd, $namespace, $file, $slash, $confdir, %plugins, $plugdir, $skip);
+my (@files, $cmd, $namespace, $file, $slash, $confdir, %plugins, $plugdir, $exclude);
 $slash = ($^O =~ /Win/i) ? "\\" : "/";
 $confdir = $webguiRoot.$slash."etc".$slash;
 $plugdir = $webguiRoot.$slash."sbin".$slash."Hourly".$slash;
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ if (opendir (CONFDIR,$confdir)) {
                                         print "Can't connect to ".$config->param('dsn')." with info provided. Skipping.\n";
                                 } else {
 					foreach $namespace (keys %plugins) {
-						$skip = $config->param('skipHourly');
-						$skip =~ s/ //g;
-						unless (isIn($namespace, split(/,/,$skip))) {
+						$exclude = $config->param('excludeHourly');
+						$exclude =~ s/ //g;
+						unless (isIn($namespace, split(/,/,$exclude))) {
 							$cmd = $plugins{$namespace};
 							&$cmd($dbh);
 						}