diff --git a/common/server.cpp b/common/server.cpp
index 6ab4750e..ff49a6dc 100644
--- a/common/server.cpp
+++ b/common/server.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QThread>
 #include <QDebug>
-#include <QSettings>
 
 Server::Server(bool _threaded, QObject *parent)
     : QObject(parent), threaded(_threaded), nextLocalGameId(0)
@@ -132,8 +131,7 @@ AuthenticationResult Server::loginUser(Server_ProtocolHandler *session, QString
     } else if (authState == UnknownUser) {
         // Change user name so that no two users have the same names,
         // don't interfere with registered user names though.
-        QSettings settings("servatrice.ini", QSettings::IniFormat);
-        bool requireReg = settings.value("authentication/regonly", 0).toBool();
+        bool requireReg = databaseInterface->getRequireRegistration();
         if (requireReg) {
             qDebug("Login denied: registration required");
             databaseInterface->unlockSessionTables();
diff --git a/common/server_database_interface.h b/common/server_database_interface.h
index 798ae9d9..a08e9526 100644
--- a/common/server_database_interface.h
+++ b/common/server_database_interface.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define SERVER_DATABASE_INTERFACE_H
 
 #include <QObject>
+#include <QSettings>
 
 #include "server.h"
 
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ public:
     virtual void lockSessionTables() { }
     virtual void unlockSessionTables() { }
     virtual bool userSessionExists(const QString & /* userName */) { return false; }
+
+    virtual bool getRequireRegistration() { return false; }
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/servatrice/src/servatrice.cpp b/servatrice/src/servatrice.cpp
index c7abc432..a95b95a4 100644
--- a/servatrice/src/servatrice.cpp
+++ b/servatrice/src/servatrice.cpp
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ bool Servatrice::initServer()
 {
     serverName = settingsCache->value("server/name", "My Cockatrice server").toString();
     serverId = settingsCache->value("server/id", 0).toInt();
-    bool regServerOnly = settingsCache->value("server/regonly", 0).toBool();
+    bool regServerOnly = settingsCache->value("authentication/regonly", 0).toBool();
         
     const QString authenticationMethodStr = settingsCache->value("authentication/method").toString();
     if (authenticationMethodStr == "sql") {
diff --git a/servatrice/src/servatrice_database_interface.cpp b/servatrice/src/servatrice_database_interface.cpp
index 2a97664b..a8c27e09 100644
--- a/servatrice/src/servatrice_database_interface.cpp
+++ b/servatrice/src/servatrice_database_interface.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ bool Servatrice_DatabaseInterface::usernameIsValid(const QString &user)
 	return (result.size() > 0);
 }
 
+bool Servatrice_DatabaseInterface::getRequireRegistration()
+{
+	return settingsCache->value("authentication/regonly", 0).toBool();
+}
+
 AuthenticationResult Servatrice_DatabaseInterface::checkUserPassword(Server_ProtocolHandler *handler, const QString &user, const QString &password, QString &reasonStr, int &banSecondsLeft)
 {
 	switch (server->getAuthenticationMethod()) {
diff --git a/servatrice/src/servatrice_database_interface.h b/servatrice/src/servatrice_database_interface.h
index e1d6d813..8e8ab5c6 100644
--- a/servatrice/src/servatrice_database_interface.h
+++ b/servatrice/src/servatrice_database_interface.h
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ public:
 	void lockSessionTables();
 	void unlockSessionTables();
 	bool userSessionExists(const QString &userName);
-	
+
+	bool getRequireRegistration();
 };
 
 #endif