5 files changed, 6 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/doc/appendix/guides/fedora.txt b/doc/appendix/guides/fedora.txt
index 9d11414ef..f8dea2192 100644
--- a/doc/appendix/guides/fedora.txt
+++ b/doc/appendix/guides/fedora.txt
@@ -155,8 +155,6 @@ The ``bcfg2.conf`` file contains only standard plugins so far.
     database_host =
     # Not used with sqlite3.
     database_port =
-    # Set to empty string for default. Not used with sqlite3.
-    web_debug = True
 
     [communication]
     protocol = xmlrpc/ssl
diff --git a/doc/appendix/guides/ubuntu.txt b/doc/appendix/guides/ubuntu.txt
index fe5564d19..d85c34b02 100644
--- a/doc/appendix/guides/ubuntu.txt
+++ b/doc/appendix/guides/ubuntu.txt
@@ -133,8 +133,6 @@ Replace Pkgmgr with Packages in the plugins line of ``bcfg2.conf``::
     database_host =
     # Not used with sqlite3.
     database_port =
-    # Set to empty string for default. Not used with sqlite3.
-    web_debug = True
 
     [communication]
     protocol = xmlrpc/ssl
diff --git a/doc/appendix/guides/web-reports-install.txt b/doc/appendix/guides/web-reports-install.txt
index 7ec7efb4e..f6a588692 100644
--- a/doc/appendix/guides/web-reports-install.txt
+++ b/doc/appendix/guides/web-reports-install.txt
@@ -176,8 +176,6 @@ then have something like this::
     database_host =
     # Not used with sqlite3.
     database_port =
-    # Set to empty string for default. Not used with sqlite3.
-    web_debug = True
 
 Restart apache and point a browser to your Bcfg2 server.
 
diff --git a/src/lib/Server/Admin/Init.py b/src/lib/Server/Admin/Init.py
index aba6bbd32..b7c71e9df 100644
--- a/src/lib/Server/Admin/Init.py
+++ b/src/lib/Server/Admin/Init.py
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ database_password =
 database_host =
 # Not used with sqlite3.
 database_port =
-# Set to empty string for default. Not used with sqlite3.
-web_debug = True
 
 [communication]
 protocol = %s
diff --git a/src/lib/Server/Reports/settings.py b/src/lib/Server/Reports/settings.py
index 128658ff1..2b35d0d05 100644
--- a/src/lib/Server/Reports/settings.py
+++ b/src/lib/Server/Reports/settings.py
@@ -11,15 +11,14 @@ if len(c.read(['/etc/bcfg2.conf', '/etc/bcfg2-web.conf'])) == 0:
     sys.exit(1)
 
 try:
-    dset = c.get('statistics', 'web_debug')
+    DEBUG = c.getboolean('statistics', 'web_debug')
 except:
-    dset = 'false'
-
-if dset == "True":
-    DEBUG = True
-else:
     DEBUG = False
-    
+
+if DEBUG:
+    print("Warning: Setting web_debug to True causes extraordinary memory "
+          "leaks.  Only use this setting if you know what you're doing.")
+
 TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
 
 ADMINS = (