diff --git a/config_editor.inc.php b/config_editor.inc.php
index 60c7a10..cc10c5c 100644
--- a/config_editor.inc.php
+++ b/config_editor.inc.php
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ function config_update_variables($conference_id=NULL, $last_conference_id=NULL)
 	if($conference_id == NULL && $last_conference_id==NULL) {
 		//FIXME: what the heck do we do? 
 	}
-	else {
+	else if($conference_id) {
 	//	if($lastfairyear == NULL) $lastfairyear = $fairyear - 1;
 
 		/* The master list of variables is the year=-1, grab
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ function config_update_variables($conference_id=NULL, $last_conference_id=NULL)
 				'".mysql_escape_string($v->conferencetypes)."')");
 		}
 	}
+	else {
+		//umm? 
+	}
 }
 
 $config_editor_actions_done = false;
diff --git a/install3.php b/install3.php
index 7c085e4..15b2352 100644
--- a/install3.php
+++ b/install3.php
@@ -104,9 +104,10 @@ if($_POST['action']=="save") {
 		mysql_query("INSERT INTO config (var,val,category,ord,year) VALUES ('SFIABDIRECTORY','".$_POST['sfiabdirectory']."','Special','','0')");
 
 		$year = intval($_POST['fairyear']);
+		$config['FAIRYEAR']=$year;
 		
 		//copy over the config defautls
-		config_update_variables($year);
+//		config_update_variables($year);
 
 		// Update some variables 
 		mysql_query("UPDATE config SET