diff --git a/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/newsportal.php b/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/newsportal.php
index 67af4e5..9b9fbfa 100644
--- a/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/newsportal.php
+++ b/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/newsportal.php
@@ -1215,4 +1215,25 @@ function rslight_db_open($database, $table) {
      subject TEXT)");
   return($dbh);
 }
+function get_config_value($configfile,$request) {
+  global $config_dir;
+    
+  if ($configFileHandle = @fopen($config_dir.'/'.$configfile, 'r'))
+  {
+    while (!feof($configFileHandle))
+    {
+      $buffer = fgets($configFileHandle);
+      if(strpos($buffer, $request.':') !== FALSE) {
+        $dataline=$buffer;
+        fclose($configFileHandle);
+        $datafound = explode(':',$dataline);
+        return $datafound[1];
+      }
+    }
+    fclose($configFileHandle);
+    return FALSE;
+  } else {
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+}
 ?>
diff --git a/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/scripts/expire.php b/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/scripts/expire.php
index e0b3f55..b2921df 100755
--- a/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/scripts/expire.php
+++ b/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/scripts/expire.php
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
   include "config.inc.php";
   include ("$file_newsportal");
 
-  if(!isset($CONFIG['expire_days']) || $CONFIG['expire_days'] < 1) {
-    exit;
-  }
-
   $lockfile = sys_get_temp_dir() . '/'.$config_name.'-spoolnews.lock';
   $pid = file_get_contents($lockfile);
   if (posix_getsid($pid) === false || !is_file($lockfile)) {
@@ -19,14 +15,30 @@
 
   $webserver_group=$CONFIG['webserver_user'];
   $logfile=$logdir.'/expire.log';
-  
-  $expireme=time() - ($CONFIG['expire_days'] * 86400);
+
+  $database = $spooldir.'/'.$config_name.'-overview.db3';
+  $table = 'overview';
+  $dbh = rslight_db_open($database, $table);
+  $query = $dbh->prepare('DELETE FROM '.$table.' WHERE newsgroup=:newsgroup AND number=:number');
   
   $grouplist = file($config_dir.'/'.$config_name.'/groups.txt', FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES | FILE_SKIP_EMPTY_LINES);
   foreach($grouplist as $groupline) {
+    $expireme = 0;
+    if($CONFIG['expire_days'] > 0) {
+	$expireme=time() - ($CONFIG['expire_days'] * 86400);
+    }
     $groupname=explode(' ', $groupline);
     $group=$groupname[0];
+    if($days = get_config_value('expire.conf', $group)) {
+      if($days > 0) {
+	$expireme = time() - ($days * 86400);
+      }
+    }
+    if($expireme < 1) {
+	continue;
+    }
     $grouppath = preg_replace('/\./', '/', $group); 
+
     $this_overview=$spooldir.'/'.$group.'-overview';
     $out_overview=$this_overview.'.new';
 
@@ -39,6 +51,7 @@
         echo "Expiring: ".$break[4]." IN: ".$group." #".$break[0]."\r\n";
         file_put_contents($logfile, "\n".format_log_date()." ".$config_name." Expiring: ".$break[4]." IN: ".$group." #".$break[0], FILE_APPEND);
         unlink($spooldir.'/articles/'.$grouppath.'/'.$break[0]);
+        $query->execute([':newsgroup' => $group, ':number' => $break[0]]);
         continue;
       } else {
         fputs($out_overviewfp, $line);
@@ -50,26 +63,6 @@
     chown($this_overview, $CONFIG['webserver_user']);
     chgrp($this_overview, $webserver_group);
   }
-// Remove from section overview
-  $this_overview=$spooldir.'/'.$config_name.'-overview';
-  $out_overview=$this_overview.'.new';
-  $overviewfp=fopen($this_overview, 'r');
-  $out_overviewfp=fopen($out_overview, 'w');
-
-  while($line=fgets($overviewfp)) {
-    $break=preg_split("/(:#rsl#:|\t)/", $line, 6);
-//    $break=explode("\t", $line);
-    if($break[3] < $expireme) {
-      file_put_contents($logfile, "\n".format_log_date()." ".$config_name." Removing from overview: ".$break[2], FILE_APPEND);
-      continue;
-    } else {
-      fputs($out_overviewfp, $line);
-    }
-  }
-  fclose($overviewfp);
-  fclose($out_overviewfp);
-  rename($out_overview, $this_overview);
-  chown($this_overview, $CONFIG['webserver_user']);
-  chgrp($this_overview, $webserver_group);
+  $dbh = null;
   unlink($lockfile);
 ?>