diff --git a/etc/WebGUI.conf.original b/etc/WebGUI.conf.original
index ecb42db34..6cc8cad3f 100644
--- a/etc/WebGUI.conf.original
+++ b/etc/WebGUI.conf.original
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ logfile = /data/webgui.log
 extras = /extras
 uploadsURL = /uploads
 uploadsPath = /data/WebGUI/www/uploads
+#skipHourly = 
 #scripturl = /
diff --git a/lib/Data/Config.pm b/lib/Data/Config.pm
index 576f44c36..cdd949adb 100644
--- a/lib/Data/Config.pm
+++ b/lib/Data/Config.pm
@@ -486,8 +486,8 @@ sub param {
     
     ## get the value of the desired parameters
     for my $arg (@{$args->{'get'}}) {
-        carp("[$CLASS] Parameter '$arg' does not exist ") and next
-            if not exists $self->{'param'}{_case_($self, $arg)};
+        #carp("[$CLASS] Parameter '$arg' does not exist ") and 
+	next if not exists $self->{'param'}{_case_($self, $arg)};
         
         push @retlist, $self->{'param'}{_case_($self, $arg)}
     }
@@ -582,8 +582,8 @@ sub delete {
     my $self = shift;
     
     for my $param (@_) {
-        carp("[$CLASS] Parameter '$param' does not exist ") and next 
-            if not exists $self->{'param'}{_case_($self, $param)};
+        #carp("[$CLASS] Parameter '$param' does not exist ") and 
+	next if not exists $self->{'param'}{_case_($self, $param)};
         delete $self->{'param'}{_case_($self, $param)}
     }
 }
diff --git a/sbin/runHourly.pl b/sbin/runHourly.pl
index 49b084124..a1ff9524a 100644
--- a/sbin/runHourly.pl
+++ b/sbin/runHourly.pl
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ BEGIN {
 use DBI;
 use strict qw(subs vars);
 use Data::Config;
+use WebGUI::Utility;
 
 
-my (@files, $cmd, $namespace, $i, $file, $slash, $confdir, @plugins, $plugin, $plugdir);
+my (@files, $cmd, $namespace, $file, $slash, $confdir, %plugins, $plugdir, $skip);
 $slash = ($^O =~ /Win/i) ? "\\" : "/";
 $confdir = $webguiRoot.$slash."etc".$slash;
 $plugdir = $webguiRoot.$slash."sbin".$slash."Hourly".$slash;
@@ -33,8 +34,7 @@ if (opendir (PLUGDIR,$plugdir)) {
                         $namespace = $1;
                         $cmd = "use Hourly::".$namespace;
                         eval($cmd);
-			$plugins[$i] = "Hourly::".$namespace."::process";
-			$i++;
+			$plugins{$namespace} = "Hourly::".$namespace."::process";
                 }
         }
         closedir(PLUGDIR);
@@ -54,8 +54,13 @@ if (opendir (CONFDIR,$confdir)) {
 				unless (eval {$dbh = DBI->connect($config->param('dsn'),$config->param('dbuser'),$config->param('dbpass'))}) {
                                         print "Can't connect to ".$config->param('dsn')." with info provided. Skipping.\n";
                                 } else {
-					foreach $plugin (@plugins) {
-						&$plugin($dbh);
+					foreach $namespace (keys %plugins) {
+						$skip = $config->param('skipHourly');
+						$skip =~ s/ //g;
+						unless (isIn($namespace, split(/,/,$skip))) {
+							$cmd = $plugins{$namespace};
+							&$cmd($dbh);
+						}
 					}
                                         $dbh->disconnect();
                                 }