diff --git a/admin/config.html b/admin/config.html
index 1a9b16a2ae3..8271f1d25d1 100644
--- a/admin/config.html
+++ b/admin/config.html
@@ -49,21 +49,6 @@
     <? print_string("configgdversion") ?>
     </TD>
 </TR>
-<TR VALIGN=TOP>
-	<TD ALIGN=RIGHT><P>errorlevel:</TD>
-	<TD>
-    <? $options[15] = get_string("all");
-       $options[7] = get_string("normal");
-       $options[0] = get_string("none");
-
-       choose_from_menu ($options, "errorlevel", $config->errorlevel, "", "", "");
-       unset($options);
-    ?>
-    </TD>
-    <TD>
-    <? print_string("configerrorlevel") ?>
-    </TD>
-</TR>
 <TR VALIGN=TOP>
 	<TD ALIGN=RIGHT><P>maxeditingtime:</TD>
 	<TD>
diff --git a/lib/defaults.php b/lib/defaults.php
index 00cc53efdbd..7c0f3ba7bbb 100644
--- a/lib/defaults.php
+++ b/lib/defaults.php
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
        "slasharguments" =>  true,
        "proxyhost"      => "",
        "proxyport"      => "",
-       "maxeditingtime" =>  1800,
-       "errorlevel"     =>  7
+       "maxeditingtime" =>  1800
     );
 
 ?>
diff --git a/lib/setup.php b/lib/setup.php
index 49d766929a7..759bbe87368 100644
--- a/lib/setup.php
+++ b/lib/setup.php
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
     $db = &ADONewConnection();         
     $db->PConnect($CFG->dbhost,$CFG->dbuser,$CFG->dbpass,$CFG->dbname); 
 
+/// Set error reporting back to normal
+    error_reporting(7);   
+
+
 /// Load up any configuration from the config table
     
     if ($configs = get_records_sql("SELECT * FROM config")) {
@@ -38,13 +42,6 @@
         unset($config);
     }
 
-/// Set error reporting to whatever the admin has said they want
-
-    if (isset($CFG->errorlevel)) {
-        error_reporting((int)$CFG->errorlevel);   
-    } else {
-        error_reporting(7);   
-    }
 
 /// Location of standard files
 
@@ -55,6 +52,7 @@
     $CFG->footer      = "$CFG->dirroot/theme/$CFG->theme/footer.html";
     $CFG->moddata     = "moddata";
 
+
 /// Load up theme variables (colours etc)
 
     if (!isset($CFG->theme)) {
@@ -62,12 +60,14 @@
     }
     require("$CFG->dirroot/theme/$CFG->theme/config.php");
 
+
 /// Set language/locale of printed times (must be supported by OS)
 
     if (! setlocale ("LC_TIME", $CFG->locale)) {
         setlocale ("LC_TIME", $CFG->lang);        // Might work
     }
 
+
 /// The following is a hack to get around the problem of PHP installations
 /// that have "register_globals" turned off (default since PHP 4.1.0).
 /// Eventually I'll go through and upgrade all the code to make this unnecessary
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
     if (isset($_SERVER)) { 
         extract($_SERVER);
     }
+
     
 /// Load up global environment variables