diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 94b29561c..372486861 100755
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+2019-04-11 DariusIII
+	* Chg: Update usage of $this->userdata in controllers
 2019-04-10 DariusIII
 	* Chg: Update laravel/framework (v5.8.10 => v5.8.11)
 	* Chg: Reduce querying of users table in ProfileController, simplify role and permissions code checks
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/BasePageController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/BasePageController.php
index 4844e9f16..01a2489d5 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/BasePageController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/BasePageController.php
@@ -230,11 +230,11 @@ class BasePageController extends Controller
      */
     protected function setUserPreferences(): void
     {
-        $this->userdata['categoryexclusions'] = User::getCategoryExclusionById(Auth::id());
+        $this->userdata->categoryexclusions = User::getCategoryExclusionById(Auth::id());
 
         // Change the theme to user's selected theme if they selected one, else use the admin one.
         if ((int) Settings::settingValue('site.main.userselstyle') === 1) {
-            $this->theme = $this->userdata['style'] ?? 'None';
+            $this->theme = $this->userdata->style ?? 'None';
             if ($this->theme === 'None') {
                 $this->theme = Settings::settingValue('site.main.style');
             }
@@ -243,14 +243,14 @@ class BasePageController extends Controller
         }
 
         // Update last login every 15 mins.
-        if (now()->subHours(3) > $this->userdata['lastlogin']) {
+        if (now()->subHours(3) > $this->userdata->lastlogin) {
             event(new UserLoggedIn($this->userdata));
         }
 
         $this->smarty->assign('userdata', $this->userdata);
         $this->smarty->assign('loggedin', 'true');
 
-        if ($this->userdata['nzbvortex_api_key'] !== '' && $this->userdata['nzbvortex_server_url'] !== '') {
+        if ($this->userdata->nzbvortex_api_key !== '' && $this->userdata->nzbvortex_server_url !== '') {
             $this->smarty->assign('weHasVortex', true);
         } else {
             $this->smarty->assign('weHasVortex', false);
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ class BasePageController extends Controller
 
         $role = User::ROLE_USER;
         if (! empty($this->userdata)) {
-            $role = $this->userdata['roles_id'];
+            $role = $this->userdata->roles_id;
         }
 
         $content = new Contents();
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class BasePageController extends Controller
             $this->smarty->assign('recentforumpostslist', Forumpost::getPosts(Settings::settingValue('..showrecentforumposts')));
         }
 
-        $parentcatlist = Category::getForMenu($this->userdata['categoryexclusions']);
+        $parentcatlist = Category::getForMenu($this->userdata->categoryexclusions);
 
         $this->smarty->assign('parentcatlist', $parentcatlist);
         $this->smarty->assign('catClass', Category::class);
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/BooksController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/BooksController.php
index 928cbd58f..30b823b47 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/BooksController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/BooksController.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class BooksController extends BasePageController
         $books = [];
         $page = $request->has('page') && is_numeric($request->input('page')) ? $request->input('page') : 1;
         $offset = ($page - 1) * config('nntmux.items_per_cover_page');
-        $rslt = $book->getBookRange($page, $catarray, $offset, config('nntmux.items_per_cover_page'), $orderby, $this->userdata['categoryexclusions']);
+        $rslt = $book->getBookRange($page, $catarray, $offset, config('nntmux.items_per_cover_page'), $orderby, $this->userdata->categoryexclusions);
         $results = $this->paginate($rslt ?? [], $rslt[0]->_totalcount ?? 0, config('nntmux.items_per_cover_page'), $page, $request->url(), $request->query());
         $maxwords = 50;
         foreach ($results as $result) {
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/BrowseController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/BrowseController.php
index c4d88589c..d8f56038a 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/BrowseController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/BrowseController.php
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ class BrowseController extends BasePageController
         $page = request()->has('page') && is_numeric(request()->input('page')) ? request()->input('page') : 1;
         $offset = ($page - 1) * config('nntmux.items_per_page');
 
-        $rslt = $releases->getBrowseRange($page, [-1], $offset, config('nntmux.items_per_page'), $orderby, -1, $this->userdata['categoryexclusions'], -1);
+        $rslt = $releases->getBrowseRange($page, [-1], $offset, config('nntmux.items_per_page'), $orderby, -1, $this->userdata->categoryexclusions, -1);
         $results = $this->paginate($rslt ?? [], $rslt[0]->_totalcount ?? 0, config('nntmux.items_per_page'), $page, request()->url(), request()->query());
 
         $this->smarty->assign('catname', 'All');
 
-        $this->smarty->assign('lastvisit', $this->userdata['lastlogin']);
+        $this->smarty->assign('lastvisit', $this->userdata->lastlogin);
 
         foreach ($results as $result) {
             $browse[] = $result;
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class BrowseController extends BasePageController
         $page = request()->has('page') && is_numeric(request()->input('page')) ? request()->input('page') : 1;
         $offset = ($page - 1) * config('nntmux.items_per_page');
 
-        $rslt = $releases->getBrowseRange($page, $catarray, $offset, config('nntmux.items_per_page'), $orderby, -1, $this->userdata['categoryexclusions'], $grp);
+        $rslt = $releases->getBrowseRange($page, $catarray, $offset, config('nntmux.items_per_page'), $orderby, -1, $this->userdata->categoryexclusions, $grp);
         $results = $this->paginate($rslt ?? [], $rslt[0]->_totalcount ?? 0, config('nntmux.items_per_page'), $page, request()->url(), request()->query());
 
         $browse = [];
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class BrowseController extends BasePageController
 
         $this->smarty->assign('catname', $id);
 
-        $this->smarty->assign('lastvisit', $this->userdata['lastlogin']);
+        $this->smarty->assign('lastvisit', $this->userdata->lastlogin);
 
         $this->smarty->assign(
             [
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class BrowseController extends BasePageController
             $group = $request->input('g');
             $page = request()->has('page') && is_numeric(request()->input('page')) ? request()->input('page') : 1;
             $offset = ($page - 1) * config('nntmux.items_per_page');
-            $rslt = $releases->getBrowseRange($page, [-1], $offset, config('nntmux.items_per_page'), '', -1, $this->userdata['categoryexclusions'], $group);
+            $rslt = $releases->getBrowseRange($page, [-1], $offset, config('nntmux.items_per_page'), '', -1, $this->userdata->categoryexclusions, $group);
             $results = $this->paginate($rslt ?? [], $rslt[0]->_totalcount ?? 0, config('nntmux.items_per_page'), $page, request()->url(), request()->query());
 
             $browse = [];
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ class BrowseController extends BasePageController
             $tags = explode(',', $request->input('tags'));
             $page = request()->has('page') && is_numeric(request()->input('page')) ? request()->input('page') : 1;
             $offset = ($page - 1) * config('nntmux.items_per_page');
-            $rslt = $releases->getBrowseRange($page, [-1], $offset, config('nntmux.items_per_page'), '', -1, $this->userdata['categoryexclusions'], -1, 0, $tags);
+            $rslt = $releases->getBrowseRange($page, [-1], $offset, config('nntmux.items_per_page'), '', -1, $this->userdata->categoryexclusions, -1, 0, $tags);
             $results = $this->paginate($rslt ?? [], $rslt[0]->_totalcount ?? 0, config('nntmux.items_per_page'), $page, request()->url(), request()->query());
 
             $browse = [];
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ConsoleController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ConsoleController.php
index b5043344a..bde4b45ad 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ConsoleController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ConsoleController.php
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class ConsoleController extends BasePageController
         $offset = ($page - 1) * config('nntmux.items_per_cover_page');
 
         $consoles = [];
-        $rslt = $console->getConsoleRange($page, $catarray, $offset, config('nntmux.items_per_cover_page'), $orderby, $this->userdata['categoryexclusions']);
+        $rslt = $console->getConsoleRange($page, $catarray, $offset, config('nntmux.items_per_cover_page'), $orderby, $this->userdata->categoryexclusions);
         $results = $this->paginate($rslt ?? [], $rslt[0]->_totalcount ?? 0, config('nntmux.items_per_cover_page'), $page, $request->url(), $request->query());
 
         $maxwords = 50;
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ContentController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ContentController.php
index 02a72be92..fb963b833 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ContentController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ContentController.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class ContentController extends BasePageController
 
         $role = 0;
         if (! empty($this->userdata)) {
-            $role = $this->userdata['role'];
+            $role = $this->userdata->role;
         }
 
         /* The role column in the content table values are :
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/DetailsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/DetailsController.php
index 96389b028..4cf6522ce 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/DetailsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/DetailsController.php
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class DetailsController extends BasePageController
             $reAudio = $re->getAudio($data['id']);
             $reSubs = $re->getSubs($data['id']);
             $comments = ReleaseComment::getComments($data['id']);
-            $similars = $releases->searchSimilar($data['id'], $data['searchname'], $this->userdata['categoryexclusions']);
+            $similars = $releases->searchSimilar($data['id'], $data['searchname'], $this->userdata->categoryexclusions);
             $failed = DnzbFailure::getFailedCount($data['id']);
             $downloadedBy = UserDownload::query()->with('user')->where('releases_id', $data['id'])->get(['users_id']);
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/GamesController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/GamesController.php
index 1a9d145e5..e8f30d742 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/GamesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/GamesController.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class GamesController extends BasePageController
         $ordering = $games->getGamesOrdering();
         $orderby = request()->has('ob') && \in_array(request()->input('ob'), $ordering, false) ? request()->input('ob') : '';
         $offset = ($page - 1) * config('nntmux.items_per_cover_page');
-        $rslt = $games->getGamesRange($page, $catarray, $offset, config('nntmux.items_per_cover_page'), $orderby, '', $this->userdata['categoryexclusions']);
+        $rslt = $games->getGamesRange($page, $catarray, $offset, config('nntmux.items_per_cover_page'), $orderby, '', $this->userdata->categoryexclusions);
         $results = $this->paginate($rslt ?? [], $rslt[0]->_totalcount ?? 0, config('nntmux.items_per_cover_page'), $page, $request->url(), $request->query());
 
         $title = ($request->has('title') && ! empty($request->input('title'))) ? stripslashes($request->input('title')) : '';
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/GetNzbController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/GetNzbController.php
index ff72d7b00..2611d2613 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/GetNzbController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/GetNzbController.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class GetNzbController extends BasePageController
         if (Auth::check()) {
             $uid = $this->userdata->id;
             $maxDownloads = $this->userdata->role->downloadrequests;
-            $rssToken = $this->userdata['api_token'];
+            $rssToken = $this->userdata->api_token;
             if ($this->userdata->hasRole('Disabled')) {
                 Utility::showApiError(101);
             }
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/MovieController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/MovieController.php
index 1e63cea56..07dcf4d3f 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/MovieController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/MovieController.php
@@ -79,10 +79,8 @@ class MovieController extends BasePageController
             $category = $cat !== null ? $cat['id'] : Category::MOVIE_ROOT;
         }
 
-        $cpapi = $this->userdata['cp_api'];
-        $cpurl = $this->userdata['cp_url'];
-        $this->smarty->assign('cpapi', $cpapi);
-        $this->smarty->assign('cpurl', $cpurl);
+        $this->smarty->assign('cpapi', $this->userdata->cp_api);
+        $this->smarty->assign('cpurl', $this->userdata->cp_url);
 
         $catarray = [];
         if ((int) $category !== -1) {
@@ -100,7 +98,7 @@ class MovieController extends BasePageController
         $orderby = request()->has('ob') && \in_array(request()->input('ob'), $ordering, false) ? request()->input('ob') : '';
 
         $movies = [];
-        $rslt = $movie->getMovieRange($page, $catarray, $offset, config('nntmux.items_per_cover_page'), $orderby, -1, $this->userdata['categoryexclusions']);
+        $rslt = $movie->getMovieRange($page, $catarray, $offset, config('nntmux.items_per_cover_page'), $orderby, -1, $this->userdata->categoryexclusions);
         $results = $this->paginate($rslt ?? [], $rslt[0]->_totalcount ?? 0, config('nntmux.items_per_cover_page'), $page, $request->url(), $request->query());
 
         foreach ($results as $result) {
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/MusicController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/MusicController.php
index 2d0800497..3b55e5a46 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/MusicController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/MusicController.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class MusicController extends BasePageController
         $orderby = request()->has('ob') && \in_array(request()->input('ob'), $ordering, false) ? request()->input('ob') : '';
 
         $musics = [];
-        $rslt = $music->getMusicRange($page, $catarray, $offset, config('nntmux.items_per_cover_page'), $orderby, $this->userdata['categoryexclusions']);
+        $rslt = $music->getMusicRange($page, $catarray, $offset, config('nntmux.items_per_cover_page'), $orderby, $this->userdata->categoryexclusions);
         $results = $this->paginate($rslt ?? [], $rslt[0]->_totalcount ?? 0, config('nntmux.items_per_cover_page'), $page, $request->url(), $request->query());
 
         $artist = ($request->has('artist') && ! empty($request->input('artist'))) ? stripslashes($request->input('artist')) : '';
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/MyMoviesController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/MyMoviesController.php
index d8156fcee..b0045dcc4 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/MyMoviesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/MyMoviesController.php
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class MyMoviesController extends BasePageController
 
                 $page = $request->has('page') && is_numeric($request->input('page')) ? $request->input('page') : 1;
 
-                $results = $mv->getMovieRange($page, $movie['categoryNames'], $offset, config('nntmux.items_per_cover_page'), $ordering, -1, $this->userdata['categoryexclusions']);
+                $results = $mv->getMovieRange($page, $movie['categoryNames'], $offset, config('nntmux.items_per_cover_page'), $ordering, -1, $this->userdata->categoryexclusions);
 
                 $this->smarty->assign('covgroup', '');
 
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class MyMoviesController extends BasePageController
                     $this->smarty->assign('orderby'.$ordertype, WWW_TOP.'/mymovies/browse?ob='.$ordertype.'&offset=0');
                 }
 
-                $this->smarty->assign('lastvisit', $this->userdata['lastlogin']);
+                $this->smarty->assign('lastvisit', $this->userdata->lastlogin);
 
                 $this->smarty->assign('results', $results);
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/MyShowsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/MyShowsController.php
index ea1d1b4fc..5931780c5 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/MyShowsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/MyShowsController.php
@@ -183,9 +183,9 @@ class MyShowsController extends BasePageController
         $offset = ($page - 1) * config('nntmux.items_per_page');
         $ordering = $releases->getBrowseOrdering();
         $orderby = $request->has('ob') && \in_array($request->input('ob'), $ordering, false) ? $request->input('ob') : '';
-        $browseCount = $releases->getShowsCount($shows, -1, $this->userdata['categoryexclusions']);
+        $browseCount = $releases->getShowsCount($shows, -1, $this->userdata->categoryexclusions);
 
-        $rslt = $releases->getShowsRange($shows ?? [], $offset, config('nntmux.items_per_page'), $orderby, -1, $this->userdata['categoryexclusions']);
+        $rslt = $releases->getShowsRange($shows ?? [], $offset, config('nntmux.items_per_page'), $orderby, -1, $this->userdata->categoryexclusions);
         $results = $this->paginate($rslt ?? [], $browseCount, config('nntmux.items_per_page'), $page, request()->url(), request()->query());
 
         $this->smarty->assign('covgroup', '');
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class MyShowsController extends BasePageController
             $this->smarty->assign('orderby'.$ordertype, WWW_TOP.'/myshows/browse?ob='.$ordertype.'&offset=0');
         }
 
-        $this->smarty->assign('lastvisit', $this->userdata['lastlogin']);
+        $this->smarty->assign('lastvisit', $this->userdata->lastlogin);
 
         $this->smarty->assign(['results' => $results, 'resultsadd' => $rslt]);
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/RssController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/RssController.php
index 43740c2b7..7701eee66 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/RssController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/RssController.php
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ class RssController extends BasePageController
 
         $this->smarty->assign(
             [
-                'categorylist'       => Category::getCategories(true, $this->userdata['categoryexclusions']),
-                'parentcategorylist' => Category::getForMenu($this->userdata['categoryexclusions']),
+                'categorylist'       => Category::getCategories(true, $this->userdata->categoryexclusions),
+                'parentcategorylist' => Category::getForMenu($this->userdata->categoryexclusions),
             ]
         );
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php
index ffc98ee11..2e0737004 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class SearchController extends BasePageController
                 config('nntmux.items_per_page'),
                 $orderBy,
                 -1,
-                $this->userdata['categoryexclusions'] ?? [],
+                $this->userdata->categoryexclusions ?? [],
                 'basic',
                 $categoryID,
                 0,
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class SearchController extends BasePageController
 
             $this->smarty->assign(
                 [
-                    'lastvisit' => $this->userdata['lastlogin'],
+                    'lastvisit' => $this->userdata->lastlogin,
                     'category' => $categoryID,
                 ]
             );
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class SearchController extends BasePageController
                 config('nntmux.items_per_page'),
                 $orderBy,
                 -1,
-                $this->userdata['categoryexclusions'] ?? [],
+                $this->userdata->categoryexclusions ?? [],
                 'advanced',
                 [$searchVars['searchadvcat'] === '' ? -1 : $searchVars['searchadvcat']]
             );
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class SearchController extends BasePageController
 
             $this->smarty->assign(
                 [
-                    'lastvisit' => $this->userdata['lastlogin'],
+                    'lastvisit' => $this->userdata->lastlogin,
                 ]
             );
         }