diff --git a/Zotlabs/Access/PermissionLimits.php b/Zotlabs/Access/PermissionLimits.php
index dfdb811ec..859692332 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Access/PermissionLimits.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Access/PermissionLimits.php
@@ -90,13 +90,13 @@ class PermissionLimits {
 				call_hooks('permission_limits_get',$a);
 				return intval($a['value']);
 			}
-			return $x;
+			return intval($x);
 		}
 
 		PConfig::Load($channel_id);
-		if(array_key_exists($channel_id, App::$config)
-				&& array_key_exists('perm_limits', App::$config[$channel_id]))
-			return App::$config[$channel_id]['perm_limits'];
+		if(array_key_exists($channel_id, App::$config) && array_key_exists('perm_limits', App::$config[$channel_id])) {
+			return intval(App::$config[$channel_id]['perm_limits']);
+		}
 
 		return false;
 	}
diff --git a/Zotlabs/Daemon/Externals.php b/Zotlabs/Daemon/Externals.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ea412066..000000000
--- a/Zotlabs/Daemon/Externals.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Zotlabs\Daemon;
-
-use Zotlabs\Lib\Libzot;
-
-/*
-
-This file is being kept for archival reference at this time.
-It is not currently referenced elsewhere. Its purpose is to grab
-some public posts from random zot sites by polling occasionally
-and asking for a 'zotfeed'. This is generally stored in the
-'public stream' which is owned by the system channel on this site.
-If somebody wishes to bring back this functionality, it should be
-modified to read public outboxes in ActivityStreams format.
-
-*/
-
-
-
-
-
-
-class Externals {
-
-	static public function run($argc, $argv){
-
-		$total = 0;
-		$attempts = 0;
-
-		$sys = get_sys_channel();
-
-		logger('externals: startup', LOGGER_DEBUG);
-
-		// pull in some public posts
-
-		while ($total == 0 && $attempts < 3) {
-			$arr = [ 'url' => EMPTY_STR ];
-			call_hooks('externals_url_select',$arr);
-
-			if ($arr['url']) {
-				$url = $arr['url'];
-			} 
-			else {
-				$randfunc = db_getfunc('RAND');
-
-				// fixme this query does not deal with directory realms. 
-
-				$r = q("select site_url, site_pull from site where site_url != '%s' and site_flags != %d and site_type = %d and site_dead = 0 order by $randfunc limit 1",
-					dbesc(z_root()),
-					intval(DIRECTORY_MODE_STANDALONE),
-					intval(SITE_TYPE_ZOT)
-				);
-				if ($r) {
-					$url = $r[0]['site_url'];
-				}
-			}
-
-			$denied = false;
-
-			if (! check_siteallowed($url)) {
-				logger('denied site: ' . $url);
-				$denied = true;
-			}
-
-			$attempts ++;
-
-			// make sure we can eventually break out if somebody blacklists all known sites
-
-			if ($denied) {
-				if ($attempts > 20) {
-					break;
-				}
-				$attempts --;
-				continue;
-			}
-
-			if ($url) {
-				if ($r[0]['site_pull'] > NULL_DATE) {
-					$mindate = urlencode(datetime_convert('','',$r[0]['site_pull'] . ' - 1 day'));
-				}
-				else {
-					$days = get_config('externals','since_days',15);
-					$mindate = urlencode(datetime_convert('','','now - ' . intval($days) . ' days'));
-				}
-
-				$feedurl = $url . '/zotfeed?f=&mindate=' . $mindate;
-
-				logger('externals: pulling public content from ' . $feedurl, LOGGER_DEBUG);
-
-				$x = z_fetch_url($feedurl);
-				if (($x) && ($x['success'])) {
-
-					q("update site set site_pull = '%s' where site_url = '%s'",
-						dbesc(datetime_convert()),
-						dbesc($url)
-					);
-
-					$j = json_decode($x['body'],true);
-					if($j['success'] && $j['messages']) {
-						foreach($j['messages'] as $message) {
-							// on these posts, clear any route info. 
-							$message['route'] = EMPTY_STR;
-							$results = Libzot::process_delivery('undefined', null, get_item_elements($message), [ $sys['xchan_hash'] ], false, true);
-							$total ++;
-						}
-						logger('externals: import_public_posts: ' . $total . ' messages imported', LOGGER_DEBUG);
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/Zotlabs/Module/Zotfeed.php b/Zotlabs/Module/Zotfeed.php
deleted file mode 100644
index b454ff498..000000000
--- a/Zotlabs/Module/Zotfeed.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-namespace Zotlabs\Module;
-
-
-use App;
-use Zotlabs\Web\Controller;
-
-class Zotfeed extends Controller {
-
-	function init() {
-	
-		$result = [ 'success' => false ];
-	
-		$mindate = (($_REQUEST['mindate']) ? datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$_REQUEST['mindate']) : '');
-		if (! $mindate) {
-			$mindate = datetime_convert('UTC','UTC', 'now - 14 days');
-		}
-		
-		if (observer_prohibited()) {
-			$result['message'] = 'Public access denied';
-			json_return_and_die($result);
-		}
-			
-		$channel_address = ((argc() > 1) ? argv(1) : '');
-		if ($channel_address) {
-			$channel = channelx_by_nick($channel_address);
-		}
-		else {
-			$channel = get_sys_channel();
-			$mindate = datetime_convert('UTC','UTC', 'now - 14 days');
-		}
-		if (! $channel) {
-			$result['message'] = 'Channel not found.';
-			json_return_and_die($result);
-		}
-	
-		logger('zotfeed request: ' . $channel['channel_name'], LOGGER_DEBUG);
-	
-		$result['project'] = 'Zap';	
-		$result['messages'] = zot_feed($channel['channel_id'],get_observer_hash(), [ 'mindate' => $mindate ]);
-		$result['success'] = true;
-		json_return_and_die($result);
-	}
-	
-}