diff --git a/docs/gotcha.txt b/docs/gotcha.txt
index 3f94a4519..3e3c6e445 100644
--- a/docs/gotcha.txt
+++ b/docs/gotcha.txt
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ save you many hours of grief.
 
  * The core API has changed. Check docs/migration.txt for details.
 
- * Due to the performance increase achieved by switching to DateTime we
-	no longer need date caching so the enableDateCache directive can
-	be removed from your config file.
-
  * WebGUI now requires Apache2 with mod_perl2 so CGI, FastCGI, PerlEx,
 	although never officially supported, are no longer possible.
 	Making this change gave us more than 70% performance improvement
diff --git a/docs/upgrades/upgrade_6.7.8-6.8.0.pl b/docs/upgrades/upgrade_6.7.8-6.8.0.pl
index c190463eb..08c4fc9fe 100644
--- a/docs/upgrades/upgrade_6.7.8-6.8.0.pl
+++ b/docs/upgrades/upgrade_6.7.8-6.8.0.pl
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ use strict;
 use FileHandle;
 use File::Copy qw(cp);
 use Getopt::Long;
+use Parse::PlainConfig;
 use WebGUI::Session;
 use WebGUI::SQL;
 use WebGUI::Asset;
 use WebGUI::Setting;
 use WebGUI::User;
+use WebGUI::Utility;
 
 my $toVersion = "6.8.0";
 my $configFile;
@@ -36,8 +38,26 @@ addEnableAvatarColumn();
 addSpectre();
 addWorkflow();
 addMatrix();
+updateConfigFile();
 finish();
 
+#-------------------------------------------------
+sub updateConfigFile {
+        print "\tUpdating config file.\n" unless ($quiet);
+        my $pathToConfig = '../../etc/'.$configFile;
+        my $conf = Parse::PlainConfig->new('DELIM' => '=', 'FILE' => $pathToConfig, 'PURGE'=>1);
+        my %newConfig;
+        foreach my $key ($conf->directives) { # delete unwanted stuff
+                unless (isIn($key,qw(enableDateCache scripturl))) {
+                        $newConfig{$key} = $conf->get($key);
+                }
+        }
+	push(@{$newConfig{assets}}, "WebGUI::Asset::Wobject::Matrix");	
+        $conf->purge;
+        $conf->set(%newConfig);
+        $conf->write;
+}
+
 #-------------------------------------------------
 sub addMatrix {
 	print "\tAdding Matrix Asset\n" unless ($quiet);