diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial b/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial
index 90edc7ec..1d65b347 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial
@@ -611,6 +611,8 @@ function remove_gnusocial {
     if grep -q 'gnusocial-firewall' /etc/crontab; then
         sed -i '/gnusocial-firewall/d' /etc/crontab
     fi
+    sed -i 's|mysqli.allow_persistent.*|mysqli.allow_persistent = On|g' /etc/php/7.0/cli/php.ini
+    sed -i 's|mysqli.reconnect.*|mysqli.reconnect = Off|g' /etc/php/7.0/cli/php.ini
 
     function_check remove_ddns_domain
     remove_ddns_domain "$GNUSOCIAL_DOMAIN_NAME"
@@ -888,6 +890,15 @@ function install_gnusocial_main {
     # This improves performance
     sed -i "s|//\$config\\['db'\\]\\['schemacheck'\\].*|\$config\\['db'\\]\\['schemacheck'\\] = 'script';|g" "$gnusocial_config_file"
 
+    # remove the install script
+    if [ -f "/var/www/$GNUSOCIAL_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/install.php" ]; then
+        rm "/var/www/$GNUSOCIAL_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/install.php"
+    fi
+
+    # php configuration
+    sed -i 's|mysqli.allow_persistent.*|mysqli.allow_persistent = On|g' /etc/php/7.0/cli/php.ini
+    sed -i 's|mysqli.reconnect.*|mysqli.reconnect = On|g' /etc/php/7.0/cli/php.ini
+
     systemctl restart mariadb
     systemctl restart php7.0-fpm
     systemctl restart nginx
diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-postactiv b/src/freedombone-app-postactiv
index 0c3668ea..e8605774 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-postactiv
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-postactiv
@@ -624,6 +624,8 @@ function remove_postactiv {
     remove_backup_database_local postactiv
 
     sed -i '/postactiv-firewall/d' /etc/crontab
+    sed -i 's|mysqli.allow_persistent.*|mysqli.allow_persistent = On|g' /etc/php/7.0/cli/php.ini
+    sed -i 's|mysqli.reconnect.*|mysqli.reconnect = Off|g' /etc/php/7.0/cli/php.ini
 
     function_check remove_ddns_domain
     remove_ddns_domain "$POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME"
@@ -653,6 +655,9 @@ function install_postactiv_main {
 
     apt-get -yq install php-gettext php-curl php-gd php-mysql git curl
     apt-get -yq install memcached php-memcached php-intl exiftool libfcgi0ldbl
+    apt-get -yq install php7.0-bcmath php7.0-curl php7.0-exif php7.0-gd
+    apt-get -yq install php7.0-intl php7.0-mbstring php7.0-mysqlnd
+    apt-get -yq install php7.0-opcache php7.0-readline php7.0-xmlwriter
 
     if [ ! -d "/var/www/$POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME" ]; then
         mkdir "/var/www/$POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME"
@@ -905,6 +910,10 @@ function install_postactiv_main {
         rm "/var/www/$POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/install.php"
     fi
 
+    # php configuration
+    sed -i 's|mysqli.allow_persistent.*|mysqli.allow_persistent = On|g' /etc/php/7.0/cli/php.ini
+    sed -i 's|mysqli.reconnect.*|mysqli.reconnect = On|g' /etc/php/7.0/cli/php.ini
+
     systemctl restart mariadb
     systemctl restart php7.0-fpm
     systemctl restart nginx