diff --git a/bin/monitor.php b/bin/monitor.php
index 6deac74ea..4fc9072d0 100644
--- a/bin/monitor.php
+++ b/bin/monitor.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 require(dirname(__FILE__)."/config.php");
 require(WWW_DIR.'/lib/postprocess.php');
-$version="0.1r729";
+$version="0.1r730";
 
 $db = new DB();
 
diff --git a/bin/processSpotnab.php b/bin/processSpotnab.php
index 60ce91a6a..a6ac21d77 100644
--- a/bin/processSpotnab.php
+++ b/bin/processSpotnab.php
@@ -6,5 +6,22 @@ require(WWW_DIR.'/lib/postprocess.php');
 $postprocess = new PostProcess(true);
 $postprocess->processSpotnab();
 
+//get variables from config.sh and defaults.sh
+$path = dirname(__FILE__);
+$varnames = shell_exec("cat ".$path."/../config.sh | grep ^export | cut -d \= -f1 | awk '{print $2;}'");
+$varnames .= shell_exec("cat ".$path."/../defaults.sh | grep ^export | cut -d \= -f1 | awk '{print $2;}'");
+$vardata = shell_exec("cat ".$path."/../config.sh | grep ^export | cut -d \\\" -f2 | awk '{print $1;}'");
+$vardata .= shell_exec("cat ".$path."/../defaults.sh | grep ^export | cut -d \\\" -f2 | awk '{print $1;}'");
+$varnames = explode("\n", $varnames);
+$vardata = explode("\n", $vardata);
+$array = array_combine($varnames, $vardata);
+unset($array['']);
+
+if ( $array['SPOTNAB_ACTIVE'] == "true" ) {
+	$db = new DB();
+	@$query="UPDATE spotnabsources set active=1 where active=0";
+	@$result = $db->query($query);
+	printf("Don't refresh the spotnab sources page, it will reset the sources that were inactive back to inactive.");
+}
 ?>
 
diff --git a/config.sh b/config.sh
index 3dd71c889..a5775fcc3 100644
--- a/config.sh
+++ b/config.sh
@@ -295,6 +295,9 @@ export SPOTNAB="false"
 #How often to update the PreDB in seconds
 export SPOTNAB_TIMER="900"
 
+#automatically set ALL sources to active after retrieving sources
+export SPOTNAB_ACTIVE="false"
+
 ############################################################
 
 #update the tv schedule and in theaters listings