diff --git a/lib/copy_this/newznab/controllers/Film.php b/lib/copy_this/newznab/controllers/Film.php
index c23f96034..756bf8e78 100644
--- a/lib/copy_this/newznab/controllers/Film.php
+++ b/lib/copy_this/newznab/controllers/Film.php
@@ -419,6 +419,9 @@ class Film
 		$newArr = [];
 		$i = 0;
 		foreach ($tmpArr as $ta) {
+			if (trim($ta) == '') {
+				continue;
+			}
 			if ($i > 5) {
 				break;
 			} //only use first 6
diff --git a/lib/copy_this/newznab/controllers/Games.php b/lib/copy_this/newznab/controllers/Games.php
index a1a38851c..29a233ed3 100644
--- a/lib/copy_this/newznab/controllers/Games.php
+++ b/lib/copy_this/newznab/controllers/Games.php
@@ -321,6 +321,9 @@ class Games
 		$newArr = array();
 		$i = 0;
 		foreach ($tmpArr as $ta) {
+			if (trim($ta) == '') {
+				continue;
+			}
 			// Only use first 6.
 			if ($i > 5) {
 				break;
diff --git a/lib/copy_this/newznab/controllers/Konsole.php b/lib/copy_this/newznab/controllers/Konsole.php
index e173f86fb..290954a5f 100644
--- a/lib/copy_this/newznab/controllers/Konsole.php
+++ b/lib/copy_this/newznab/controllers/Konsole.php
@@ -278,6 +278,9 @@ class Konsole
 		$newArr = array();
 		$i = 0;
 		foreach ($tmpArr as $ta) {
+			if (trim($ta) == '') {
+				continue;
+			}
 			// Only use first 6.
 			if ($i > 5) {
 				break;
diff --git a/lib/copy_this/newznab/controllers/Movie.php b/lib/copy_this/newznab/controllers/Movie.php
index ce01edef1..90d4029ea 100644
--- a/lib/copy_this/newznab/controllers/Movie.php
+++ b/lib/copy_this/newznab/controllers/Movie.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class Movie
 		$this->apikey = $site->tmdbkey;
 		$this->lookuplanguage = $site->lookuplanguage;
 		$this->pdo = new DB();
-		$this->imgSavePath = WWW_DIR.'covers/movies/';
+		$this->imgSavePath = NN_COVERS . 'movies' . DS;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -378,6 +378,9 @@ class Movie
 		$newArr = array();
 		$i = 0;
 		foreach($tmpArr as $ta) {
+			if (trim($ta) == '') {
+				continue;
+			}
 			if ($i > 5) { break; } //only use first 6
 			$newArr[] = '<a href="'.WWW_TOP.'/movies?'.$field.'='.urlencode($ta).'" title="'.$ta.'">'.$ta.'</a>';
 			$i++;
diff --git a/lib/copy_this/newznab/controllers/Musik.php b/lib/copy_this/newznab/controllers/Musik.php
index 1c8628b99..4f92bcf6c 100644
--- a/lib/copy_this/newznab/controllers/Musik.php
+++ b/lib/copy_this/newznab/controllers/Musik.php
@@ -334,6 +334,9 @@ class Musik
 		$newArr = array();
 		$i = 0;
 		foreach ($tmpArr as $ta) {
+			if (trim($ta) == '') {
+				continue;
+			}
 			if ($i > 5) {
 				break;
 			} //only use first 6
diff --git a/lib/copy_this/newznab/controllers/XXX.php b/lib/copy_this/newznab/controllers/XXX.php
index c9c44665e..62080aa7a 100644
--- a/lib/copy_this/newznab/controllers/XXX.php
+++ b/lib/copy_this/newznab/controllers/XXX.php
@@ -297,6 +297,9 @@ class XXX
 		$newArr = array();
 		$i = 0;
 		foreach ($tmpArr as $ta) {
+			if (trim($ta) == '') {
+				continue;
+			}
 			if ($field == "genre" ) {
 				$ta = $this->getGenres(true,$ta);
 				$ta = $ta["title"];
diff --git a/lib/copy_this/newznab/utility/Utility.php b/lib/copy_this/newznab/utility/Utility.php
index ec807486d..c00f75df4 100644
--- a/lib/copy_this/newznab/utility/Utility.php
+++ b/lib/copy_this/newznab/utility/Utility.php
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 namespace newznab\utility;
 
 
-/*
- * General util functions.
+/**
  * Class Utility
+ *
+ * @package newznab\utility
  */
 class Utility
 {
@@ -13,6 +14,29 @@ class Utility
 	 */
 	const PATH_REGEX = '(?P<drive>[A-Za-z]:|)(?P<path>[/\w.-]+|)';
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks all levels of the supplied path are readable and executable by current user.
+	 *
+	 * @todo Make this recursive with a switch to only check end point.
+	 * @param $path	*nix path to directory or file
+	 *
+	 * @return bool|string True is successful, otherwise the part of the path that failed testing.
+	 */
+	static public function canExecuteRead($path)
+	{
+		$paths = preg_split('#/#', $path);
+		$fullPath = DS;
+		foreach ($paths as $path) {
+			if ($path !== '') {
+				$fullPath .= $path . DS;
+				if (!is_readable($fullPath) || !is_executable($fullPath)) {
+					return "The '$fullPath' directory must be readable and executable by all ." .PHP_EOL;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	static public function clearScreen()
 	{
 		if (self::isCLI()) {
diff --git a/lib/copy_this/www/automated.config.php b/lib/copy_this/www/automated.config.php
index 2372b41b7..49e0e4f3b 100644
--- a/lib/copy_this/www/automated.config.php
+++ b/lib/copy_this/www/automated.config.php
@@ -73,11 +73,17 @@ define('WWW_TOP', $www_top);
 
 define('NN_VERSIONS', NN_LIB . 'build' . DS . 'newznab.xml');
 
-if (is_file(__DIR__ . DS . 'settings.php')) {
-	require_once(__DIR__ . DS . 'settings.php');
-	// Remove this in the future, here for those not updating settings.php
-	if (!defined('NN_MAX_PAGER_RESULTS')) {
-		define('NN_MAX_PAGER_RESULTS', '125000');
+$settings_file = __DIR__ . DS . 'settings.php';
+if (is_file($settings_file)) {
+	require_once($settings_file);
+	if (php_sapi_name() == 'cli') {
+		$current_settings_file_version = 1; // Update this when updating settings.php.example
+		if (!defined('NN_SETTINGS_FILE_VERSION') || NN_SETTINGS_FILE_VERSION != $current_settings_file_version) {
+			echo ("\033[0;31mNotice: Your $settings_file file is either out of date or you have not updated" .
+				" NN_SETTINGS_FILE_VERSION to $current_settings_file_version in that file.\033[0m" . PHP_EOL
+			);
+		}
+		unset($current_settings_file_version);
 	}
 } else {
 	define('ITEMS_PER_PAGE', '50');
@@ -106,6 +112,7 @@ if (is_file(__DIR__ . DS . 'settings.php')) {
 	define('NN_RELEASE_SEARCH_TYPE', 0);
 	define('NN_MAX_PAGER_RESULTS', '125000');
 }
+unset($settings_file);
 require_once NN_CORE . 'autoloader.php';
 require_once NN_LIBS . 'autoloader.php';
 require_once SMARTY_DIR . 'autoloader.php';
diff --git a/lib/copy_this/www/settings.php.example b/lib/copy_this/www/settings.php.example
index bfccdfe40..d0784cde0 100644
--- a/lib/copy_this/www/settings.php.example
+++ b/lib/copy_this/www/settings.php.example
@@ -3,6 +3,21 @@
 //////////////////////////// Copy this file to settings.php and edit the options. //////////////////////////////////////
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /**********************************************************************************************************************/
+
+/**********************************************************************************************************************/
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////// MISC //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/**
+ * When we update settings.php.example, we will raise this version, you will get a message saying your settings.php
+ * is out of date, you will need to update it and change the version number.
+ *
+ * @note Developers: When updating settings.php.example, up this version
+ *                   and $current_settings_file_version in automated.config.php
+ * @version 1
+ */
+define('NN_SETTINGS_FILE_VERSION', 1);
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //////////////////////////////////////////////// Web Settings //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -513,4 +528,15 @@ define('PHPMAILER_SMTP_USER','');
  *
  * @default ''
  */
-define('PHPMAILER_SMTP_PASSWORD', '');
\ No newline at end of file
+define('PHPMAILER_SMTP_PASSWORD', '');
+
+/***********************************************************************************************************************
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//////////////////////////////////////////////// Change log ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+2015-05-05       v1  Track settings.php.example changes.
+                     Add support for quick and low_priority on MySQL DELETE queries.
+                     Search for @version 1 in this file to quickly find these additions.
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////*/
\ No newline at end of file