diff --git a/docs/gotcha.txt b/docs/gotcha.txt
index 1d37e86ca..e8f7791a5 100644
--- a/docs/gotcha.txt
+++ b/docs/gotcha.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ upgrading from one version to the next, or even between multiple
 versions. Be sure to heed the warnings contained herein as they will
 save you many hours of grief.
 
+4.6.0
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * The runHourly scheduler has been updated to allow for more
+	types of automation. This update has caused an
+	incompatibility in old scheduler plug-ins. If you have not
+	installed any third-party scheduler plug-ins, then you have
+	nothing to worry about. However, if you do have some
+	scheduler plug-ins that didn't come with WebGUI, then please
+	contact the person or company that made it to get an
+	upgrade.
+
 4.3.0
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
  * The settings "extras", "uploadsURL", and "uploadsPath" have all 
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI.pm b/lib/WebGUI.pm
index 7c165fdf5..2a28049b3 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI.pm
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ sub page {
                 $debug .='</table>';
 	}
 	if ($session{header}{redirect} ne "") {
+		WebGUI::Session::close();
 		return $session{header}{redirect};
 	} else {
 		$httpHeader = WebGUI::Session::httpHeader();
diff --git a/sbin/Hourly/DeleteExpiredSessions.pm b/sbin/Hourly/DeleteExpiredSessions.pm
index 935edb6ba..b8c40062e 100644
--- a/sbin/Hourly/DeleteExpiredSessions.pm
+++ b/sbin/Hourly/DeleteExpiredSessions.pm
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ package Hourly::DeleteExpiredSessions;
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 use strict;
+use WebGUI::Session;
 use WebGUI::SQL;
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 sub process {
-	WebGUI::SQL->write("delete from userSession where expires<".time(),$_[0]);
+	WebGUI::SQL->write("delete from userSession where expires<".time());
 }
 
 1;
diff --git a/sbin/Hourly/SyndicatedContent.pm b/sbin/Hourly/SyndicatedContent.pm
index 20c86bfd7..80f44f87c 100644
--- a/sbin/Hourly/SyndicatedContent.pm
+++ b/sbin/Hourly/SyndicatedContent.pm
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ package Hourly::SyndicatedContent;
 use HTTP::Request;
 use LWP::UserAgent;
 use strict;
+use WebGUI::Session;
 use WebGUI::SQL;
 use XML::RSSLite;
 
@@ -52,18 +53,17 @@ sub generateHTML {
 sub process {
 	my ($sth, @data, %rss, $html);
 	$sth = WebGUI::SQL->read("select wobject.wobjectId, SyndicatedContent.rssURL, SyndicatedContent.content 
-		from wobject,SyndicatedContent where wobject.wobjectId=SyndicatedContent.wobjectId and wobject.pageId<>3",$_[0]);
+		from wobject,SyndicatedContent where wobject.wobjectId=SyndicatedContent.wobjectId and wobject.pageId<>3");
 	while (@data = $sth->array) {
 		%rss = getRSS($data[1]);
 		$html = generateHTML(%rss);
 		if ($html ne "") {
-			WebGUI::SQL->write("update SyndicatedContent set content=".$_[0]->quote($html).", lastFetched=".time()." 
-				where wobjectId=$data[0]",$_[0]);
+			WebGUI::SQL->write("update SyndicatedContent set content=".quote($html).", lastFetched=".time()." where wobjectId=$data[0]");
 		} elsif (substr($data[2],6) ne "Unable" && substr($data[2],7) ne "Not yet") {
 			# then just leave the existing content in place
 		} else {
 			WebGUI::SQL->write("update SyndicatedContent set content='Unable to fetch content. Perhaps the RSS is improperly formated.', 
-				lastFetched=".time()." where wobjectId=$data[0]",$_[0]);
+				lastFetched=".time()." where wobjectId=$data[0]");
 		}
 	}
 	$sth->finish;
diff --git a/sbin/runHourly.pl b/sbin/runHourly.pl
index 5b3a40278..f34ed7c7a 100644
--- a/sbin/runHourly.pl
+++ b/sbin/runHourly.pl
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ BEGIN {
 use DBI;
 use strict qw(subs vars);
 use Data::Config;
+use WebGUI::Session;
 use WebGUI::Utility;
 
 
@@ -47,26 +48,17 @@ if (opendir (CONFDIR,$confdir)) {
         @files = readdir(CONFDIR);
         foreach $file (@files) {
                 if ($file =~ /(.*?)\.conf$/ && $file ne "some_other_site.conf") {
-                        my ($config);
-                        $config = new Data::Config $confdir.$file;
-                        unless ($config->param('dsn') eq "") {    
-				my $dbh;
-				unless (eval {$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 $namespace (keys %plugins) {
-						$exclude = $config->param('excludeHourly');
-						$exclude =~ s/ //g;
-						unless (isIn($namespace, split(/,/,$exclude))) {
-							$cmd = $plugins{$namespace};
-							&$cmd($dbh);
-						}
-					}
-                                        $dbh->disconnect();
-                                } 
-			} else {
-				print "$file has some problems. Skipping\n";
+			WebGUI::Session::open($webguiRoot,$file);
+			WebGUI::Session::refreshUserInfo(3,$session{dbh});
+			foreach $namespace (keys %plugins) {
+				$exclude = $session{config}{excludeHourly};
+				$exclude =~ s/ //g;
+				unless (isIn($namespace, split(/,/,$exclude))) {
+					$cmd = $plugins{$namespace};
+					&$cmd();
+				}
 			}
+			WebGUI::Session::close();
 		}
 	}
 	closedir(CONFDIR);