diff --git a/config.php-dist b/config.php-dist
index 6564da668..0eb796715 100644
--- a/config.php-dist
+++ b/config.php-dist
@@ -23,5 +23,16 @@
 	define(SINGLE_USER_MODE, true);
 	// Operate in single user mode, disables all functionality related to
 	// multiple users.
-	
+
+	define(DAEMON_REFRESH_ONLY, false);
+	// updates to all feeds will only run when the backend script is
+	// invoked with a "daemon" option on the URI stem. An example wget
+	// command line below will invoke an update every 30 minutes, with
+	// output being sent to /dev/null and the timeout set to 10 minutes
+	// so that wget does not time out. Substitute your site name, tt-rss
+	// path, and username/password as necessary.
+	//
+	// */30 * * * * /usr/bin/wget -O /dev/null -T 600 "http://username:password@www.your-site.xxx/tt-rss/backend.php?op=updateAllFeeds&daemon=1"
+	//
+
 ?>
diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index 2085d6067..410c76eac 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -91,10 +91,8 @@
 			purge_old_posts($link);
 		}
 
-		if (get_pref($link, 'DAEMON_REFRESH_ONLY', $user_id)) {
-			if (!$_GET["daemon"]) {
-				return;
-			}
+		if (DAEMON_REFRESH_ONLY && !$_GET["daemon"]) {
+			return;			
 		}
 
 		db_query($link, "BEGIN");
diff --git a/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql b/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql
index b1d57585e..44cfbf571 100644
--- a/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql
+++ b/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql
@@ -188,9 +188,6 @@ insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id) valu
 insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id,help_text) values('DEFAULT_ARTICLE_LIMIT', 3, '0', 'Default article limit',2,
    'Default limit for articles to display, any custom number you like (0 - disables).');
 
-insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id,help_text) values('DAEMON_REFRESH_ONLY', 1, 'false', 'Daemon refresh only', 3,
-   'Updates to all feeds will only run when the backend script is invoked with a "daemon" option on the URI stem.');
-
 insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id,help_text) values('DISPLAY_FEEDLIST_ACTIONS', 1, 'false', 'Display feedlist actions',2,
    'Display separate dropbox for feedlist actions, if disabled these actions are available in global actions menu.');
 
diff --git a/schema/ttrss_schema_pgsql.sql b/schema/ttrss_schema_pgsql.sql
index 85c92689a..cd1ea5506 100644
--- a/schema/ttrss_schema_pgsql.sql
+++ b/schema/ttrss_schema_pgsql.sql
@@ -172,9 +172,6 @@ insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id) valu
 insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id,help_text) values('DEFAULT_ARTICLE_LIMIT', 3, '0', 'Default article limit',2,
 	'Default limit for articles to display, any custom number you like (0 - disables).');
 	
-insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id,help_text) values('DAEMON_REFRESH_ONLY', 1, 'false', 'Daemon refresh only', 3,
-	'Updates to all feeds will only run when the backend script is invoked with a "daemon" option on the URI stem.');
-
 insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id,help_text) values('DISPLAY_FEEDLIST_ACTIONS', 1, 'false', 'Display feedlist actions',2,
 	'Display separate dropbox for feedlist actions, if disabled these actions are available in global actions menu.');