diff --git a/prefs.php b/prefs.php
index 12853389e..92413e341 100644
--- a/prefs.php
+++ b/prefs.php
@@ -12,11 +12,16 @@
 
 <body onload="init()">
 
-<? require_once "version.php" ?>
-<? require_once "config.php" ?>
+<?
+	require_once "version.php"; 
+	require_once "config.php";
+	require_once "db-prefs.php";
+
+	$link = db_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME);	
+?>
 
 <table width="100%" height="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="main">
-<? if (DISPLAY_HEADER) { ?>
+<? if (get_pref($link, 'DISPLAY_HEADER')) { ?>
 <tr>
 	<td colspan="2">
 		<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tr>
@@ -36,7 +41,7 @@
 			onclick="selectTab('feedConfig')">
 		<input id="filterConfigTab" class="prefsTab" type="submit" value="Content Filtering"
 			onclick="selectTab('filterConfig')">
-		<? if (ENABLE_LABELS) { ?>
+		<? if (get_pref($link, 'ENABLE_LABELS')) { ?>
 		<input id="labelConfigTab" class="prefsTab" type="submit" value="Label Editor"
 			onclick="selectTab('labelConfig')">
 		<? } ?>
@@ -52,11 +57,11 @@
 
 	</td>
 </tr>
-<? if (DISPLAY_FOOTER) { ?>
+<? if (get_pref($link, 'DISPLAY_FOOTER')) { ?>
 <tr>
 	<td class="footer" colspan="2">
 		<a href="http://bah.spb.su/~fox/tt-rss/">Tiny-Tiny RSS</a> v<?= VERSION ?> &copy; 2005 Andrew Dolgov
-		<? if (WEB_DEMO_MODE) { ?>
+		<? if (get_pref($link, 'WEB_DEMO_MODE')) { ?>
 		<br>Running in demo mode, some functionality is disabled.
 		<? } ?>
 	</td>
